113 HR 4159 IH: America Competes Reauthorization Act of 2014
U.S. House of Representatives
2014-03-06
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1.Short title; table of contents
(a)This Act may be cited as the America Competes Reauthorization Act of 2014
.
(b)The table of contents for this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Title I—OSTP; GOVERNMENTWIDE SCIENCE
Subtitle A—General provisions
Sec. 101. National Science and Technology Council amendments.
Sec. 102. Review of Federal regulations and reporting requirements.
Sec. 103. Amendments to prize competitions.
Sec. 104. Coordination of international science and technology partnerships.
Subtitle B—Reauthorization of the National Nanotechnology Initiative
Sec. 111. Short title.
Sec. 112. National Nanotechnology Program amendments.
Sec. 113. Societal dimensions of nanotechnology.
Sec. 114. Nanotechnology education.
Sec. 115. Technology transfer.
Sec. 116. Signature initiatives in areas of national importance.
Sec. 117. Nanomanufacturing research.
Sec. 118. Definitions.
Title II—STEM EDUCATION AND DIVERSITY
Subtitle A—STEM Education and Workforce
Sec. 201. Sense of Congress.
Sec. 202. Coordination of Federal STEM education.
Sec. 203. Grand challenges in education research.
Sec. 204. Establishment of the Advanced Research Project Agency-Education.
Sec. 205. Community college and industry partnerships STEM pilot grant program.
Sec. 206. National Research Council report on STEAM education.
Sec. 207. Engaging Federal scientists and engineers in STEM education.
Subtitle B—Broadening participation in STEM
Sec. 211. Short title.
Sec. 212. Purpose.
Sec. 213. Federal science agency policies for caregivers.
Sec. 214. Collection and reporting of data on Federal research grants.
Sec. 215. Policies for review of Federal research grants.
Sec. 216. Collection of data on demographics of faculty.
Sec. 217. Cultural and institutional barriers to expanding the academic and Federal STEM workforce.
Sec. 218. Research and dissemination at the National Science Foundation.
Sec. 219. Report to Congress.
Sec. 220. National Science Foundation support for increasing diversity among STEM faculty at
institutions of higher education.
Sec. 221. National Science Foundation support for broadening participation in undergraduate STEM
education.
Sec. 222. Definitions.
Title III—NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
Subtitle A—General Provisions
Sec. 301. Authorization of appropriations.
Sec. 302. Sense of Congress on support for all fields of science and engineering.
Sec. 303. Management and oversight of large facilities.
Sec. 304. Data management plans.
Sec. 305. Support for potentially transformative research.
Sec. 306. Strengthening institutional research partnerships.
Sec. 307. Innovation Corps.
Sec. 308. Definitions.
Subtitle B—STEM Education
Sec. 321. National Science Board report on consolidation of STEM education activities at the
Foundation.
Sec. 322. Models for graduate student support.
Sec. 323. Undergraduate STEM education reform.
Sec. 324. Advanced manufacturing education.
Sec. 325. STEM education partnerships.
Sec. 326. Noyce scholarship program amendments.
Sec. 327. Informal STEM education.
Sec. 328. Research and development to support improved K–12 learning.
Title IV—NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY
Sec. 401. Short title.
Sec. 402. Authorization of appropriations.
Sec. 403. Advanced manufacturing technology consortia.
Sec. 404. Network for manufacturing innovation.
Sec. 405. Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership.
Sec. 406. Bioscience measurement science and standards.
Sec. 407. National Academy of Sciences review.
Sec. 408. Improving NIST collaboration with other agencies.
Sec. 409. Miscellaneous provisions.
Title V—INNOVATION
Sec. 501. Office of Innovation and Entrepreneurship.
Sec. 502. Federal loan guarantees for innovative technologies in manufacturing.
Sec. 503. Regional Innovation Program.
Sec. 504. Innovation voucher pilot program.
Sec. 505. Federal Acceleration of State Technology Commercialization Pilot Program.
Sec. 506. National Academies report on university incubators and accelerators.
Title VI—DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Subtitle A—Office of Science
Sec. 601. Short title.
Sec. 602. Definitions.
Sec. 603. Mission of the Office of Science.
Sec. 604. Basic energy sciences program.
Sec. 605. Biological and environmental research.
Sec. 606. Advanced scientific computing research program.
Sec. 607. Fusion energy research.
Sec. 608. High energy physics program.
Sec. 609. Nuclear physics program.
Sec. 610. Science laboratories infrastructure program.
Sec. 611. Authorization of appropriations.
Subtitle B—ARPA–E
Sec. 621. Short title.
Sec. 622. ARPA–E amendments.
Subtitle C—Energy Innovation
Sec. 641. Energy innovation hubs.
Sec. 642. Participation in the Innovation Corps program.
Sec. 643. Technology transfer.
Sec. 644. Elimination of cost sharing requirement for research and development activities conducted
by universities and nonprofit institutions.
Sec. 645. Pilot Race to the Top for Energy Efficiency and Grid Modernization Program.
Sec. 646. Rename Under Secretary for Science to Under Secretary for Science and Energy.
Sec. 647. Special hiring authority for scientific, engineering, and project management personnel.
<enum>I</enum><header>OSTP; GOVERNMENTWIDE SCIENCE</header>
<subtitle id="H5803A3D6917848CBB33E2B46DCCB64E6"><enum>A</enum><header>General provisions</header>
<section id="HD4EA975E57404684BAC0C3D83148F98E" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>101.</enum><header>National Science and Technology Council amendments</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 401 of the National Science and Technology Policy, Organization, and Priorities Act of 1977
(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/6651">42 U.S.C. 6651</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H88CFA35969D6421EABF66B44CB64FCDA"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a), by striking <quote>Federal Coordinating Council for Science, Engineering, and Technology</quote> and inserting <quote>National Science and Technology Council</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HBB7A6A3D734A4D7F880898BACA9B2592"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (b), by striking <quote>and Energy Research and Development Administration</quote> and inserting <quote>Department of Energy, and any other agency designated by the President</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H23CA9080A52F400F923B1C15EA63E6B6"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (e)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H77A5EE3964354192ADAD8DE65495F70D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>engineering, and technology</quote> and inserting <quote>engineering, technology, innovation, and STEM education</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HED93167C65404AC9A1D748E38A1B0E7A"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (1), by striking <quote>engineering, and technological</quote> and inserting <quote>engineering, technological, innovation, and STEM education</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC23F6D3CD805456DB37DA1BEE710D5CD"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraphs (3) and (4) as paragraphs (4) and (5), respectively; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9CFFC7F1EBDF4A189665BFC7BBD9CFE1"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (2) the following new paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H79D0FC5282C6447F9FCA8BA91CB33E7B" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H716C61C91B164308A893EAD3030B252E"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">address research needs identified under paragraph (2) through appropriate funding mechanisms, which
may include solicitations involving 2 or more agencies and public-private
partnerships;</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph></section><section id="HF0DC30A81A6C4DD9A90A901C6DE25721"><enum>102.</enum><header>Review of Federal regulations and reporting requirements</header>
<subsection id="H5F7C8E6309BD4BABB80A4F389CB03DC9"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>The Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy shall establish or designate a working
group under the National Science and Technology Council with the
responsibility of reviewing Federal regulatory and reporting requirements
across Federal agencies that affect the conduct of United States research
in an effort to reduce regulatory burdens and to eliminate and harmonize
duplicative regulatory and reporting requirements.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HE8317A158FB04ADEAB4413E19B8C2059"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Responsibilities</header><text>The working group established or designated under subsection (a) shall—</text>
<paragraph id="H4D89DD38E9AC41B9B47E1DC23CCF1C7A"><enum>(1)</enum><text>periodically review all Federal regulations and reporting requirements that affect the conduct of
United States research to—</text>
<subparagraph id="H2CB3007CE6E14D6599CA595A208A7AC4"><enum>(A)</enum><text>identify ways to harmonize overlapping or duplicative research regulations and reporting
requirements across Federal agencies;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE3B6826419C449A89ACCBDB1EA83221A"><enum>(B)</enum><text>evaluate such regulations and reporting requirements in relationship to the risks the requirements
seek to address to determine if the benefits of the requirements are
commensurate with the costs to the progress of science or to the taxpayer;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8ADEED955376459D8743264D7D6AC02C"><enum>(C)</enum><text>identify any regulations that are applied to scientific researchers or to research-performing
institutions for which exemptions could be reasonably applied or for which
adjustments could be made to better fit those regulations to diverse
research environments; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5A36822E7753473DB329EC8F72C69C68"><enum>(D)</enum><text>identify any specific regulations which could be refocused on performance-based goals rather than
on process while still meeting the desired outcome;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H84A51523587C433FBB3CA63AE3FA375F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>examine the extent to which agencies’ guidance documents adhere with the most recently updated
version of the Office of Management and Budget’s Agency Good Guidance
Practices bulletin; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC1AF6222A2F2408FA27DB2FA75CC50B9"><enum>(3)</enum><text>develop and update at least once every 3 years a strategic plan for streamlining Federal
regulations and reporting requirements that affect the conduct of United
States research that contains, at a minimum—</text>
<subparagraph id="HDCF9B3448CDC49A1A78EAFB3E253460F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a priority list of research-related regulations, reporting requirements, and agency guidance to be
harmonized, streamlined, updated, or eliminated; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2EE66E6AB34A484589A8DC49DDC0CBCB"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a plan, including a timeline, for implementing the regulatory and reporting reforms identified in
subparagraph (A).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HAF8852F7847E4F8CB8582ECC33CA5432"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Stakeholder input</header><text>In carrying out the responsibilities under subsection (b), including the development of the
strategic plan under subsection (b)(3), the working group established or
designated under subsection (a) shall take into account input and
recommendations from non-Federal stakeholders, including federally funded
and nonfederally funded researchers, institutions of higher education,
scientific disciplinary societies and associations, nonprofit research
institutions, industry, including small businesses, federally funded
research and development centers, and others with a stake in ensuring
effectiveness, efficiency, and accountability in the performance of
scientific research.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H61FD534EBBFE40CA8497057C4056DE8C"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Responsibilities of OSTP</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy, in collaboration with the Office of
Management and Budget Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, shall
encourage and monitor the efforts of the participating agencies to ensure
that the strategic plan is developed under subsection (b)(3) and that
appropriate steps are taken by the agencies to effectively implement the
recommendations, achieve the objectives, and to adhere to the timeline in
the strategic plan.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H779DE3B24B3B4838A3DF1B294224C369"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Director of the Office of
Science and Technology Policy shall transmit the priority list and
strategic plan developed under subsection (b)(3) to the Congress. The
Director shall further provide a report annually to the Congress, to be
submitted not later than 60 days after the submission of the President’s
annual budget request, on the progress toward implementation of the
regulatory reforms outlined in the strategic plan.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H268A2E8E38A74F6FB6659B0B3BF39C5D"><enum>103.</enum><header>Amendments to prize competitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 24 of the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/3719">15 U.S.C. 3719</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H22A776F6F076480AB9D56462B92797A4"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (c)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H80B4E7B49FC647A78EECB5EA6FFE3AFB"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>competition</quote> after <quote>section, a prize</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H625D986D25E84799B0D02A9AC4D196AD"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>types</quote> after <quote>following</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF6986FF00FD144A9A950E632D686F312"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (4), by striking <quote>prizes</quote> and inserting <quote>prize competitions</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H00F36F440D1E4A52984CB58DE2AF7D1F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (f)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HFCC2AC4B4AAA4C738FE8DD9DD2B51C80"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>in the Federal Register</quote> and inserting <quote>on a publicly accessible Government website, such as www.challenge.gov,</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H43E81257FCFF469E9181ECF8D9858007"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (4), by striking <quote>prize</quote> and inserting <quote>cash prize purse</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H7E45A84BC8784D41820E34C925A1C6BF"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (g), by striking <quote>prize</quote> and inserting <quote>cash prize purse</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H54E8EB71DC654AEC9CCE79274E9F9B50"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in subsection (h), by inserting <quote>prize</quote> before <quote>competition</quote> both places it appears;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H52D921C927A742448D693DAE77CB01A7"><enum>(5)</enum><text>in subsection (i)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HBB5ED8A9F8594CF8A2737617D3A976BD"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)(B), by inserting <quote>prize</quote> before <quote>competition</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HC2E56CD1FA8F4F98A0D5DE83D9A055A8"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)(A), by inserting <quote>prize</quote> before <quote>competition</quote> both places it appears;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H07283963DEF14BF7A8F65D1158086B3C"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (4); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H677E457E49214F508756727608152C2F"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (2) the following new paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8612356BE9C34E0B9D8D79A922AFAEA7" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HDE8B847EE852457C8CD2E61C70D1A69E"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Waiver</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An agency may waive the requirement under paragraph (2). The annual report under subsection (p)
shall include a list of such waivers granted during the preceding fiscal
year, along with an explanation of the reasons for granting the waivers.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H7FBA90EDCFCE4A96938CB5087263B9E0"><enum>(6)</enum><text>in subsection (j) by amending paragraph (2) to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block id="H8B6B757FD2674DF2910721C8E59806D6" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HCA74223E42AF409A80FA8D28A86C1FEA"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Intellectual property</header>
<subparagraph id="HCEC9C734949847618B99639D3A55F1D6"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Licenses</header><text>The Federal Government may negotiate a license for the use of intellectual property developed by a
participant for a prize competition.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H77E1A206BD894FD7BB21864B832448BB"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Other conditions</header><text>A Federal agency or agencies in cooperation may require participants to agree in advance to a
specific approach to intellectual property as a condition for eligibility
to participate in a prize competition.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0F31AD29B31A4518BF9E2C28007A8D48"><enum>(7)</enum><text>in subsection (k)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H8C74DFDF7CC84669813D7B623A8239CF"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)(A), by inserting <quote>prize</quote> before <quote>competition</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8822EAD9E13F4F2BB45A254322CD0E72"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (3), by inserting <quote>prize</quote> before <quote>competitions</quote> both places it appears;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H5401DDD00DBA425ABE70F7FE618384E5"><enum>(8)</enum><text>in subsection (l), by striking all after <quote>may enter into</quote> and inserting <quote>a grant, contract, cooperative agreement, or other agreement with a private sector for-profit or
nonprofit entity to administer the prize competition, subject to the
provisions of this section.</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H654D339061DC432A810995A7EC9AC562"><enum>(9)</enum><text>in subsection (m)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H63FC89C564054366AE34817B08FA22B7"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by amending paragraph (1) to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block id="H7B73A547B50E4786A2B29E0D1366377D" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H36FCDF0454624B76815001009CC2C86D"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Support for a prize competition under this section, including financial support for the design and
administration of a prize competition or funds for a cash prize purse, may
consist of Federal appropriated funds and funds provided by private sector
for-profit and nonprofit entities. The head of an agency may accept funds
from other Federal agencies, private sector for-profit entities, and
nonprofit entities to support such prize competitions. The head of an
agency may not give any special consideration to any private sector
for-profit or nonprofit entity in return for a donation.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2748DF03A1B44703950F3A58FA431030"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), by striking <quote>prize awards</quote> and inserting <quote>cash prize purses</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HFD18D78E74D846E4B6E3B9F1E7B70A5B"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (3)(A)—</text>
<clause id="H4716D8F3EEEC4F379D7C73FFBEA7B7B4"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking <quote>No prize</quote> and inserting <quote>No prize competition</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H8B1172A4D59043E0960796AB6E82644C"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking <quote>the prize</quote> and inserting <quote>the cash prize purse</quote>;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H26F68BCFC52246B186D01A29E5A0884D"><enum>(D)</enum><text>in paragraph (3)(B), by striking <quote>a prize</quote> and inserting <quote>a cash prize purse</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD4F24E3945574A77B70B458CE66B9499"><enum>(E)</enum><text>in paragraph (3)(B)(i), by inserting <quote>competition</quote> after <quote>prize</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H53F8226EAC4D4107BF1A7E8AA04A5987"><enum>(F)</enum><text>in paragraph (4)(A), by striking <quote>a prize</quote> and inserting <quote>a cash prize purse</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4D51B1C54FD24693B6D8873EA935DAE3"><enum>(G)</enum><text>in paragraph (4)(B), by striking <quote>cash prizes</quote> and inserting <quote>cash prize purses</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HE8693F9754154DCB8B8EE98624EF5FEA"><enum>(10)</enum><text>in subsection (n), by inserting <quote>for both for-profit and nonprofit entities,</quote> after <quote>contract vehicle</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF332602A8FE04277B4A7C9E0508C02F0"><enum>(11)</enum><text>in subsection (o)(1), by striking <quote>or providing a prize</quote> and insert <quote>a prize competition or providing a cash prize purse</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1338D398855D45D3AC0A76622B8084CB"><enum>(12)</enum><text>in subsection (p)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HEE5D8934FEDF4A31A7500953DC266BA0"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the heading, by striking <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Annual Report</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Biennial Report</header-in-text></quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HAF13EBA22B144FAA9F85B4C89D7BCC60"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by striking <quote>of each year</quote> and inserting <quote>of each odd-numbered year</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB9F86727E307412D9FBE12C83578B20F"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)(C), by striking <quote>cash prizes</quote> both places it occurs and inserting <quote>cash prize purses</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></section><section id="HA7BD6166E7A44931AFA9B745A7C70D28"><enum>104.</enum><header>Coordination of international science and technology partnerships</header>
<subsection id="H00307DFEC7554847B5D478BAF1010313"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Short title</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">This section may be cited as the <quote><short-title>International Science and Technology Cooperation Act of 2014</short-title></quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H8B5AEB33617B467B96A66C96534C3DDE"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy shall establish a body under the
National Science and Technology Council (NSTC) with the responsibility to
identify and coordinate international science and technology cooperation
that can strengthen the United States science and technology enterprise,
improve economic and national security, and support United States foreign
policy goals.</text>
</subsection><subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7F025D52C64D49BBB524793769440DD1"><enum>(c)</enum><header>NSTC Body Leadership</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The body established under subsection (b) shall be co-chaired by senior level officials from the
Office of Science and Technology Policy and the Department of State.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H4191C3E3535B4B9398EC1C2F9B144012"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Responsibilities</header><text>The body established under subsection (b) shall—</text>
<paragraph id="HCEF2FAD41E5C4C0689FF169B1AE1755A"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">plan and coordinate interagency international science and technology cooperative research and
training activities and partnerships supported or managed by Federal
agencies and work with other National Science and Technology Council
committees to help plan and coordinate the international component of
national science and technology priorities;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0959362D269E4786B4A813CD79C95F6D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>establish Federal priorities and policies for aligning, as appropriate, international science and
technology cooperative research and training activities and partnerships
supported or managed by Federal agencies with the foreign policy goals of
the United States;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H880A0D957C2D4BF3921B5BF6C77C1DA1"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">identify opportunities for new international science and technology cooperative research and
training partnerships that advance both the science and technology and the
foreign policy priorities of the United States;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC94A0AD23A804B28BCDE2EEC764D080F"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in carrying out paragraph (3), solicit input and recommendations from non-Federal science and
technology stakeholders, including universities, scientific and
professional societies, industry, and relevant organizations and
institutions; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF662C947072F49BE919DCDCA938B2CC6"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">identify broad issues that influence the ability of United States scientists and engineers to
collaborate with foreign counterparts, including barriers to collaboration
and access to scientific information.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H95B87FFF8FCB4BE58A342A486CD481A3"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Report to congress</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy shall transmit a report, to be updated
annually, to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology and the
Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives, and to the
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation and the Committee on
Foreign Relations of the Senate. The report shall also be made available
to the public on the reporting agency’s website. The report shall contain
a description of—</text>
<paragraph id="HD4A4FC4C2F5448308D2D2EA267A941AF"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the priorities and policies established under subsection (d)(2);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HDCC31898D4C243988B49E56D973D7271"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the ongoing and new partnerships established since the last update to the report;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9B9436EC1E4E48A988BFA0DB585449B3"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the means by which stakeholder input was received, as well as summary views of stakeholder input;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HBB1EB9E45EEC453791A613174B765DFB"><enum>(4)</enum><text>the issues influencing the ability of United States scientists and engineers to collaborate with
foreign counterparts.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section></subtitle><subtitle id="H4FEFABF730AC4389B764C1805AB2B000"><enum>B</enum><header>Reauthorization of the National Nanotechnology Initiative</header>
<section id="H7B467F6C56EC4C50828EA471D2920FDE" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>111.</enum><header>Short title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This subtitle may be cited as the <quote><short-title>National Nanotechnology Initiative Amendments Act of 2014</short-title></quote>.</text>
</section><section id="HAA12E07BF0C7468EA7E854C7C42FB844"><enum>112.</enum><header>National Nanotechnology Program amendments</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The 21st Century Nanotechnology Research and Development Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/7501">15 U.S.C. 7501 et seq.</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HEED35E5F157C4482AFEAC5655DA4178B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in section 2—</text>
<subparagraph id="H8D55197FB12849CEA9DD20D82DFC92CE"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subsection (c), by amending paragraph (4) to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block id="HC20402FAAEC945C7B830C2C9CBFE5EFA" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HA77AB7BF898A46EFB444231FDB21A64A"><enum>(4)</enum><text>develop, and update every 3 years thereafter, a strategic plan to guide the activities described
under subsection (b) that specifies near-term and long-term objectives for
the Program, the anticipated timeframe for achieving the near-term
objectives, and the metrics to be used for assessing progress toward the
objectives, and that describes—</text>
<subparagraph id="H02A03C68DA034AAFB46D70F81D2B8434"><enum>(A)</enum><text>how the Program will move results out of the laboratory and into applications for the benefit of
society, including through cooperation and collaborations with
nanotechnology research, development, and technology transition
initiatives supported by the States; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9306B05A12B9443BA7443432A82D7406"><enum>(B)</enum><text>proposed research in areas of national importance in accordance with the requirements of section
116 of the <short-title>National Nanotechnology Initiative Amendments Act of 2014</short-title>;</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H24FF1E4089EE4D419BDE751E20F66B79"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subsection (d)—</text>
<clause id="HB1F1565C234848E39742A6340BF5A1CF"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraphs (1) through (5) as paragraphs (2) through (6), respectively;</text>
</clause><clause id="H253E978734104705A7E95236BF84C88B"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by inserting before paragraph (2), as redesignated by clause (i), the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H4102979CDD904ED986DF30D718B43A7D" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H7B34A775320A4D56A2526E859282AEC5"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the Program budget, for the previous fiscal year, for each agency that participates in the Program,
and for each program component area;</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</clause><clause id="HCE01DBE379454C6492B1EB49085E5522"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by amending paragraph (6), as redesignated by clause (i), to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block id="H345F46A4388D418A8ACD5A4DF170C58E" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HE15C9FCC70D140DEBAD7374FDEDB6EC7"><enum>(6)</enum><text>an assessment of how Federal agencies are implementing the plan described in subsection (c)(7) and
a description of the amount of Small Business Innovative Research and
Small Business Technology Transfer Research funds supporting the plan.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF9115EA4EAA54229B946BEA3C4DD35FD"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following new subsection:</text>
<quoted-block id="HE0C9DBD9A3044DE69FEE4C424B142E78" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H2A622328865F4EB4ADA1C8C918DA5CF8"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Standards setting</header><text>The agencies participating in the Program shall support the activities of committees involved in
the development of standards for nanotechnology and may reimburse the
travel costs of scientists and engineers who participate in activities of
such committees.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HC6BF9FFF604042E596003C494E0E23D8"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in section 3—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H40742DCDBC444546875335B580E9FF10"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by amending subsection (b)(1) to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block id="H7F9E8EC8EF7B485AA56A4CE19821FD11" style="OLC">
<subsection commented="no" id="HEA2D70160FC34C039E0B169A1661040A"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Funding</header>
<paragraph id="HCF79E96E614A45388A43F0ED1DD07FFD"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The operation of the National Nanotechnology Coordination Office shall be supported by funds from
each agency participating in the Program.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE4B8ECBF453646B5963D3CEF6C1C547B"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Proportion</header><text>The portion of such Office’s total budget provided by each agency for each fiscal year shall be in
the same proportion as the agency’s share of the total budget for the
Program for the previous fiscal year, as specified in the report required
under section 2(d)(1).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HDC6D1B1CED0D44FABA23585EE587EA93"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Exception</header><text>The Director of the National Nanotechnology Coordination Office may establish a minimum
contribution or other exception to the requirement in paragraph (2) for
participating agencies whose share of the total budget for the Program is
below a threshold level, to be set by the Director.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H41FA5F67C9A94B16A78308AB54B5C904"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following new subsection:</text>
<quoted-block id="H02A7D918419649A9A5C55AC2C99080B0" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H1029900211E140CFA26586329EFF3D96"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Public information</header>
<paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE5252D9424B34164BA466D600AE95624"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Database</header>
<subparagraph id="H4AB44784623040DDA0F7E13CE09313C5"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The National Nanotechnology Coordination Office shall develop and maintain a database accessible by
the public of projects funded under at least the Environmental, Health,
and Safety program component area, or any successor program component
area, including, to the extent practicable, a description of each project,
its source of funding by agency, and its funding history.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H25684AAD5D54498BA2DC79388A08C86F"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Organization</header><text>Projects shall be grouped by major objective as defined by the research plan required under section
3(b) of the <short-title>National Nanotechnology Initiative Amendments Act of 2014</short-title>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HD12405FB61B34B09935795EF05245452"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Accessible facilities</header>
<subparagraph id="HE29D85A7C7C04706ACA9BEC11762D6F0"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The National Nanotechnology Coordination Office shall develop, maintain, and publicize information
on nanotechnology facilities supported under the Program, and may include
information on nanotechnology facilities supported by the States, that are
accessible for use by individuals from academic institutions and from
industry.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB79E73A7BB274591A8D8BD2ACDFB12DC"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Websites</header><text>The National Nanotechnology Coordination Office shall maintain active web links to the websites for
each of these facilities and shall work with each facility supported under
the Program to ensure that each facility publishes on its respective
website updated information on the terms and conditions for the use of the
facility, a description of the capabilities of the instruments and
equipment available for use at the facility, and a description of the
technical support available to assist users of the facility.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>; </after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H091E72ABB92741F18D26DF3E487EEF7C"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in section 4—</text>
<subparagraph id="HA1B6F87756C74C9087BD4CDB761574DF"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subsection (a), by adding at the end the following: <quote>The co-chairs of the Advisory Panel shall meet the qualifications of Panel membership required in
subsection (b) and may be members of the President’s Council of Advisors
on Science and Technology. The Advisory Panel shall include members having
specific qualifications tailored to enable it to carry out the
requirements of subsection (c)(6).</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H61F3B8B5CECC4E26AB9568EAD4CFC7B7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subsection (c)—</text>
<clause id="H3B73720E4A364B729863E63683BB5E6B"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (1); and</text>
</clause><clause id="HD3B26B4E1F104DD085B7AFD04F56729A"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraphs (2) through (7) as paragraphs (1) through (6), respectively; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H74A86D4E019B4FAF8C79D049231D898C"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by amending subsection (d) to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block id="HA02D473621E245CBA090C69FD2F2AB15" style="OLC">
<subsection id="HB8B0ECDF1C8B465F8EBE94744ABB486C"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Reports</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Advisory Panel shall report not less frequently than every 3 years, and, to the extent
practicable, 1 year following each of the National Research Council
triennial reviews required under section 5, to the President on its
assessments under subsection (c) and its recommendations for ways to
improve the Program. The Director of the Office of Science and Technology
Policy shall transmit a copy of each report under this subsection to the
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate, the
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the House of
Representatives, and other appropriate committees of the Congress.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>; </after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HB776A053C6384E5E944A6F5F2B1F3F8F"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by amending section 5 to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block id="H5D8DD9475EE842D0BC56057CDF0AD145" style="OLC">
<section id="H47455D011FF5485DB7B4D010BE2F42AA"><enum>5.</enum><header>Triennial external review of the national nanotechnology program</header>
<subsection id="H3F189A32C5934D4EBA28B3BEDE85681F"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Director of the National Nanotechnology Coordination Office shall enter into an arrangement
with the National Research Council of the National Academy of Sciences to
conduct a triennial review of the Program. The Director shall ensure that
the arrangement with the National Research Council is concluded in order
to allow sufficient time for the reporting requirements of subsection (b)
to be satisfied. Each triennial review shall include an evaluation of the—</text>
<paragraph id="H0F63FEAB28914F30882C7D04EA7FC554"><enum>(1)</enum><text>research priorities and technical content of the Program, including whether the balance of funding
among program component areas, as designated according to section 2(c)(2),
is appropriate;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7065097BBB244F189FA6D9D9C19B7905"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Program’s scientific and technological accomplishments and its success in transferring technology
to the private sector; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HBB21E7CABB0F466A80441A9A6FF434BD"><enum>(3)</enum><text>adequacy of the Program’s activities addressing ethical, legal, environmental, and other
appropriate societal concerns, including human health concerns.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HAAAEB1CF913E4BEA87A0B920CC24055D"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Priority reports</header><text>If the Director of the National Nanotechnology Coordination Office, working with the National
Research Council and with input from the Advisory Panel, determines that a
more narrowly focused review of the Program is in the best interests of
the Program, the Director may enter into such an arrangement with the
National Research Council in lieu of a full review as required under
subsection (a), but not more often than every second triennial review.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H0080346283064221AA0967459FA76425"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Evaluation To be transmitted to Congress</header><text>The National Research Council shall document the results of each triennial review carried out in
accordance with this section in a report that includes any recommendations
for changes to the Program’s objectives, technical content, or other
policy or Program changes. Each report shall be submitted to the Director
of the National Nanotechnology Coordination Office, who shall transmit it
to the Advisory Panel, the Committee on Commerce, Science, and
Transportation of the Senate, and the Committee on Science, Space, and
Technology of the House of Representatives.</text>
</subsection></section><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2D11AD46F05841CD96ECA390C810A964"><enum>(5)</enum><text>in section 10—</text>
<subparagraph id="H8798DDA32DD940F18973BCDF81A9C588"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by amending paragraph (2) to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block id="H891FB047783F40DC9B869A5E68DE8340" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HF0CE23FC6390425680C2CA88BD8A13D2"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Nanotechnology</header><text>The term <quote>nanotechnology</quote> means the science and technology that will enable one to understand, measure, model, image,
manipulate, and manufacture at the nanoscale, aimed at creating materials,
devices, and systems with fundamentally new properties or functions.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB1838F58F1C842E69DF7075328F015DC"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following new paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block id="HAA0609A62D65427B8DBADF898653239D" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H5104C14627B449AB85265BA21FC9AD8C"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Nanoscale</header><text>The term <quote>nanoscale</quote> means one or more dimensions of between approximately 1 and 100 nanometers.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph></section><section id="H8B70158DE6C9455E95E8B367A546E2CE"><enum>113.</enum><header>Societal dimensions of nanotechnology</header>
<subsection id="H7A7F9945C6984078A8A07465D3C8AEAF"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Coordinator for environmental, health, and safety research</header><text>The Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy shall designate an associate director
of the Office of Science and Technology Policy or other appropriate senior
government official as the Coordinator for Environmental, Health, and
Safety Research. The Coordinator shall be responsible for oversight of the
coordination, planning, and budget prioritization of research and other
activities related to environmental, health, safety, and other appropriate
societal concerns related to nanotechnology. The responsibilities of the
Coordinator shall include—</text>
<paragraph id="H815677B6163F4642A35183DD4E546087"><enum>(1)</enum><text>ensuring that a research plan for the environmental, health, and safety research activities
required under subsection (b) is developed, updated, and implemented and
that the plan is responsive to the recommendations of the Advisory Panel
established under section 4(a) of the 21st Century Nanotechnology Research
and Development Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/7503">15 U.S.C. 7503(a)</external-xref>); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0B8EDCAFEA1B4DF0AE30275B85C67A53"><enum>(2)</enum><text>encouraging and monitoring the efforts of the agencies participating in the Program to allocate the
level of resources and management attention necessary to ensure that the
environmental, health, safety, and other appropriate societal concerns
related to nanotechnology are addressed under the Program.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H90F0C02C916448E1AB2BC4246BFF1C90"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Research plan</header>
<paragraph id="H358625BDA4444C289138F29376B5313A"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Coordinator for Environmental, Health, and Safety Research shall convene and chair a panel
comprised of representatives from the agencies funding research activities
under the Environmental, Health, and Safety program component area of the
Program, or any successor program component area, and from such other
agencies as the Coordinator considers necessary to develop, periodically
update, and coordinate the implementation of a research plan for this
program component area. Such panel may be a subgroup of the Nanoscale
Science, Engineering, and Technology Subcommittee of the National Science
and Technology Council. In developing and updating the plan, the panel
convened by the Coordinator shall solicit and be responsive to
recommendations and advice from—</text>
<subparagraph id="H84A9E86E53604FA7849B244ACDAC1BCF"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the Advisory Panel established under section 4(a) of the 21st Century Nanotechnology Research and
Development Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/7503">15 U.S.C. 7503(a)</external-xref>); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H67B3B7C7BCF74BCBBA2C20EA9988BFC9"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the agencies responsible for environmental, health, and safety regulations associated with the
production, use, and disposal of nanoscale materials and products.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HD5F79ADA563A42B3913463FA9F21F118"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Development of standards</header><text>The plan required under paragraph (1) shall include a description of how the Program will help to
ensure the development of—</text>
<subparagraph id="HFCFEECC3467642099532AC1653B0C5BB"><enum>(A)</enum><text>standards related to nomenclature associated with engineered nanoscale materials;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7545416448384775B493FDAF7FFAF508"><enum>(B)</enum><text>engineered nanoscale standard reference materials for environmental, health, and safety testing;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9883B148EB0246AB95808AFA40EBD78D"><enum>(C)</enum><text>standards related to methods and procedures for detecting, measuring, monitoring, sampling, and
testing engineered nanoscale materials for environmental, health, and
safety impacts.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HECF47A3B856140D8B1FF567E50CBE44C"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Components of plan</header><text>The plan required under paragraph (1) shall, with respect to activities described in paragraphs (1)
and (2)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HF3C7F55C9C9F43D0A326C69187032FC2"><enum>(A)</enum><text>specify near-term research objectives and long-term research objectives;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE03B909E7384446D96B032017D1B4E72"><enum>(B)</enum><text>specify milestones associated with each near-term objective and the estimated time and resources
required to reach each milestone;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H50618629D67541B29BF6A3EBE17690A0"><enum>(C)</enum><text>with respect to subparagraphs (A) and (B), describe the role of each agency carrying out or
sponsoring research in order to meet the objectives specified under
subparagraph (A) and to achieve the milestones specified under
subparagraph (B); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3D3AB48454CA4840BCD17DD0D19A5DF3"><enum>(D)</enum><text>specify the funding allocated to each major objective of the plan and the source of funding by
agency for the current fiscal year.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HA9439F436CC6485DA76DF02CB452B417"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Transmittal to congress</header><text>Not later than 6 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the plan required under paragraph
(1) shall be transmitted to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and
Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Science, Space, and
Technology of the House of Representatives.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H60A6D7EB493945CF99D1DE390DF6A674"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Updating and appending to report</header><text>The plan required under paragraph (1) shall be updated at least every 3 years and may be submitted
as part of the report required under section 2(c)(4) of the 21st Century
Nanotechnology Research and Development Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/7501">15 U.S.C. 7501(c)(4)</external-xref>).</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H3182214566D34241B04415E119BB2D9A"><enum>114.</enum><header>Nanotechnology education</header>
<subsection id="H4E3CFB81320B4573BA50A82EDCDE2FB5"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Undergraduate education programs</header><text>The Program shall support efforts to introduce nanoscale science, engineering, and technology into
undergraduate science and engineering education through a variety of
interdisciplinary approaches. Activities supported may include—</text>
<paragraph id="H1651E6E94DBD480EA9DDDDFE875D08B4"><enum>(1)</enum><text>development of courses of instruction or modules to existing courses;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB2DE78CAC3364A79842241DAA209D5FF"><enum>(2)</enum><text>faculty professional development; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF0E41DCBB97B4900AB4F0926D1C21311"><enum>(3)</enum><text>acquisition of equipment and instrumentation suitable for undergraduate education and research in
nanotechnology.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H32005FBD15AD4624AC999F5FB4FC9204"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Interagency coordination of education</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Committee established under section 2(c) of the 21st Century Nanotechnology Research and
Development Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/7501">15 U.S.C. 7501(c)</external-xref>) shall coordinate, as appropriate, with
the Committee established under section 101 of the America COMPETES
Reauthorization Act of 2010 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/6621">42 U.S.C. 6621</external-xref>) to prioritize, plan, and
assess the educational activities supported under the Program.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H605D071665574FC69E8B6DBE2692475C"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Societal dimensions in nanotechnology education activities</header><text>Activities supported under the Education and Societal Dimensions program component area, or any
successor program component area, that involve informal, precollege, or
undergraduate nanotechnology education shall include education regarding
the environmental, health and safety, and other societal aspects of
nanotechnology.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H791268B0F8754150A258E9AB4EF40803"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Remote access to nanotechnology facilities</header>
<paragraph id="HDFD18C098EB24FF2B4F7B6344A7E5860"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Agencies supporting nanotechnology research facilities as part of the Program shall require the
entities that operate such facilities to allow access via the Internet,
and support the costs associated with the provision of such access, by
secondary school students and teachers, to instruments and equipment
within such facilities for educational purposes. The agencies may waive
this requirement for cases when particular facilities would be
inappropriate for educational purposes or the costs for providing such
access would be prohibitive.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF941A9AD449E4CBE90CB9CB9D8CB466D"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Procedures</header><text>The agencies identified in paragraph (1) shall require the entities that operate such
nanotechnology research facilities to establish and publish procedures,
guidelines, and conditions for the submission and approval of applications
for the use of the facilities for the purpose identified in paragraph (1)
and shall authorize personnel who operate the facilities to provide
necessary technical support to students and teachers.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H57768C0C2EC949D5A8EC3B953C638611"><enum>115.</enum><header>Technology transfer</header>
<subsection id="HB4F5435E8F1D42EE974B2E64ED4C91C4"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Prototyping</header>
<paragraph id="H17493A39F29F4745B7F5612E609E7ED0"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Access to facilities</header><text>In accordance with section 2(b)(7) of 21st Century Nanotechnology Research and Development Act (15
U.S.C. 7501(b)(7)), the agencies supporting nanotechnology research
facilities as part of the Program shall provide access to such facilities
to companies for the purpose of assisting the companies in the development
of prototypes of nanoscale products, devices, or processes (or products,
devices, or processes enabled by nanotechnology) for determining proof of
concept. The agencies shall publicize the availability of these facilities
and encourage their use by companies as provided for in this section. The
agencies may waive this requirement for academic facilities for which the
costs of providing such access would be prohibitive.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1D9C099AF1CD4511AD2A0B5591C02036"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Procedures</header><text>The agencies identified in paragraph (1)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H13493C40E6064780959EFC776BFF0527"><enum>(A)</enum><text>shall establish and publish procedures, guidelines, and conditions for the submission and approval
of applications for use of nanotechnology facilities;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE865E4A2B0124E8DAD293CD6FE913955"><enum>(B)</enum><text>shall publish descriptions of the capabilities of facilities available for use under this
subsection, including the availability of technical support; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HEF9D52CA15F341B9A6776237FAF41C3E"><enum>(C)</enum><text>may waive recovery, require full recovery, or require partial recovery of the costs associated with
use of the facilities for projects under this subsection.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H38CC5040E28B434CA4CC74C8B6D53267"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Selection and criteria</header>
<subparagraph id="HCDEBB00137454378AFF317F055B8A77D"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>In cases when less than full cost recovery is required pursuant to paragraph (2)(C), projects
provided access to nanotechnology facilities in accordance with this
subsection shall be selected through a competitive, merit-based process,
and the criteria for the selection of such projects shall include at a
minimum the readiness of the project for technology demonstration.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA4941904733F4BAE80707FC2C7482D1D"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Special consideration</header><text>The agencies may give special consideration in selecting projects to applications that are relevant
to important national needs or requirements.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HA82944287A804997AF35B803A159E18E"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Collaboration with industry</header><text>The Program shall coordinate with industry from all industrial sectors that would benefit from
applications of nanotechnology by—</text>
<paragraph id="H29229800A8E14F18BA2B3E8FED219013"><enum>(1)</enum><text>enhancing communication of information related to nanotechnology innovation, including information
about research, education and training, manufacturing issues, and
market-driven needs;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD52B35B3105E4FBE88B3AB4CF7EBF5C0"><enum>(2)</enum><text>advancing and accelerating the creation of new products and manufacturing processes derived from
discovery at the nanoscale by working with industry, including small and
medium-sized manufacturers;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE78B14438138430A9C6BF82A50AF8D3A"><enum>(3)</enum><text>developing innovative methods for transferring nanotechnology products and processes from Federal
agencies to industry; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H19A325548A34443D8C3B7A5A5BB29856"><enum>(4)</enum><text>facilitating industry-led partnerships between the Program and industry sectors, including regional
partnerships.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H6A87CE784003441F859B3DA487688296"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Coordination with state, regional, and local initiatives</header><text>Section 2(b)(5) of the 21st Century Nanotechnology Research and Development Act (15 U.S.C.
7501(b)(5)) is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block id="H827F55ED8F454C7AA1D08E75D80D5017" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H9A5CAB51FE414AA9BD4FE2C947B62964"><enum>(5)</enum><text>ensuring United States global leadership in the development and application of nanotechnology,
including through the coordination and leveraging of Federal investments
with nanotechnology research, development, and technology transition
initiatives supported by the States and regions across the country;</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section id="H87AC6B4FA62248F9BA3E069B29E8FD71"><enum>116.</enum><header>Signature initiatives in areas of national importance</header>
<subsection id="H2F8A9A358216452498049A850B653223"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Program shall include support for nanotechnology research and development activities directed
toward topical and application areas that have the potential for
significant contributions to national economic competitiveness and for
other significant societal benefits. The activities supported shall be
designed to advance the development of research discoveries by
demonstrating technical solutions to important national challenges. The
Advisory Panel shall make recommendations to the Program for candidate
research and development areas for support under this section.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H831B7C912F894EF1A5C9596E346BC246"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Characteristics</header>
<paragraph id="HCBEF05E9F30A410DBD9DB8788BF4B159"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Research and development activities under this section shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="HE542E51AE7884966B69DAADE4683B078"><enum>(A)</enum><text>include projects selected on the basis of applications for support through a competitive,
merit-based process;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HBD356326ABEA4317939ACA9CB73C330F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>involve collaborations among researchers in academic institutions and industry, and may involve
nonprofit research institutions and Federal laboratories, as appropriate;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HED6DCA3D4E784BA39C1C5F153555F72E"><enum>(C)</enum><text>when possible, leverage Federal investments through collaboration with related State initiatives;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF21942E7C1F9431DA011D06EAA99B7C1"><enum>(D)</enum><text>include a plan for fostering the transfer of research discoveries and the results of technology
demonstration activities to industry for commercial development.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H14F8F2FA601E44EBB7784A9CADA06CBE"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Joint solicitations</header><text>Projects supported under this section shall include projects for which determination of the
requirements for applications, review and selection of applications for
support, and subsequent funding of projects shall be carried out by a
collaboration of no fewer than 2 agencies participating in the Program. In
selecting applications for support, agencies may, as appropriate, give
special consideration to projects that include cost sharing from
non-Federal sources.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB07ADA13BBB841E091106F6F6E8997F2"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Interdisciplinary research centers</header><text>Research and development activities under this section may be supported through interdisciplinary
nanotechnology research centers, as authorized by section 2(b)(4) of the
21st Century Nanotechnology Research and Development Act (15 U.S.C.
7501(b)(4)), that are organized to investigate basic research questions
and carry out technology demonstration activities in areas such as those
identified in subsection (a).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HB111755CE22A47069A264821A61EF754"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Reports required under section 2(d) of the 21st Century Nanotechnology Research and Development Act
(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/7501">15 U.S.C. 7501(d)</external-xref>) shall include a description of research and
development areas supported in accordance with this section.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="HBD5E2F3AEB6C471B926107C23FE6775D"><enum>117.</enum><header>Nanomanufacturing research</header>
<subsection id="H2B30D40D3A93484EA68DCA865A0692AE"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Research areas</header><text>The Program shall include research on—</text>
<paragraph id="H4DCE42DACCF3496DAF7506BD791853EC"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the development of instrumentation and tools required for the rapid characterization of nanoscale
materials and for monitoring of nanoscale manufacturing processes; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2C16A4E6244042868B1F51653BB91314"><enum>(2)</enum><text>approaches and techniques for scaling the synthesis of new nanoscale materials to achieve
industrial-level production rates.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H566B32B260C342E5B1B95B6213A8533B"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Green nanotechnology</header><text>Interdisciplinary research centers supported under the Program in accordance with section 2(b)(4)
of the 21st Century Nanotechnology Research and Development Act (15 U.S.C.
7501(b)(4)) that are focused on nanomanufacturing research shall include
as part of the activities of such centers—</text>
<paragraph id="HF58AC8ACCED145CEAE9FF982575305B7"><enum>(1)</enum><text>research on methods and approaches to develop environmentally benign nanoscale products and
nanoscale manufacturing processes, taking into consideration relevant
findings and results of research supported under the Environmental,
Health, and Safety program component area, or any successor program
component area;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H673C4082994A4C85972B31FDAAC3D8CD"><enum>(2)</enum><text>fostering the transfer of the results of such research to industry; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1D34634F76E64123BF5467BA184D20AB"><enum>(3)</enum><text>providing for the education of scientists and engineers through interdisciplinary studies in the
principles and techniques for the design and development of
environmentally benign nanoscale products and processes.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H7E02128496164810B4E4CACFB09A9C7F"><enum>118.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this subtitle, terms that are defined in section 10 of the 21st Century Nanotechnology Research
and Development Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/7509">15 U.S.C. 7509</external-xref>) have the meaning given those terms in
that section.</text>
</section></subtitle><enum>II</enum><header>STEM EDUCATION AND DIVERSITY</header>
<subtitle id="H24E98CF661224CBA9E0EEC9B3613CF8A"><enum>A</enum><header>STEM Education and Workforce</header>
<section id="H12F18B5456C0427788CD6E46DE7421F1"><enum>201.</enum><header>Sense of Congress</header>
<subsection id="H934BEB81B6E948B0986799CA5E196991"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Fiscal year 2014 budget proposal</header><text>It is the sense of Congress that Federal agencies need to develop and implement a comprehensive
Federal STEM education strategy that focuses on leveraging the limited
STEM education funding and other assets we have to invest for maximum
student learning benefit, and that such a strategy will involve a
reorganization of the current portfolio of Federal STEM investments.
However, it is the sense of Congress that the Administration’s fiscal year
2014 proposal to consolidate or eliminate 120 STEM programs across 14
Federal agencies lacked input or support from the Federal agencies and the
stakeholder communities implicated in the proposal, was not based on
evidence about program effectiveness, lacks clarity in how it will meet
the goals of the strategic plan required in the America COMPETES
Reauthorization Act of 2010, and is not an adequate basis for implementing
changes to existing agency and interagency STEM activities.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H98A74ADC92E848639A106327877A5906"><enum>(b)</enum><header>CoSTEM</header><text>It is the sense of Congress that the National Science and Technology Council’s Committee on STEM
Education (CoSTEM), required under the America COMPETES Reauthorization
Act of 2010, has taken important initial steps toward developing a
comprehensive and defensible strategic plan through its completion of its
first <quote>Federal STEM Education 5-Year Strategic Plan,</quote> but that much more work must be done to develop a clear evidence base for reorganization decisions
and to solicit and take into account views and experience from
stakeholders who help implement or are the beneficiaries of Federal STEM
programs across the Nation. It is further the sense of Congress that
agencies, through CoSTEM, should play a leading role in developing the
Administration’s budget proposals for STEM education just as they play a
leading role in developing the budget proposals for other major
interagency initiatives, such as the National Nanotechnology Initiative.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H35B333A760764036968BE47B58069169"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Mission agencies</header><text>It is the sense of Congress that science mission agencies such as the National Aeronautics and
Space Administration, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration,
and the Department of Energy are essential partners in contributing to the
goals and implementation of a Federal STEM strategic plan because such
agencies have unique scientific and technological facilities as well as
highly trained scientists who are eager and able to contribute to improved
STEM learning outcomes in their own communities. It is further the sense
of Congress that the Department of Education can play an important role in
implementing any Federal STEM education strategy because of its unique
relationship with States, local educational agencies, schools, and
institutions of higher education, as well as its capacity to scale and
disseminate proven programs and models, but that the Department must take
steps to build capacity in STEM education to maximize the effectiveness of
any Governmentwide leadership role in K–12 STEM education.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H4C2F754AFB67456D97142EE5A37B67E6"><enum>202.</enum><header>Coordination of Federal STEM education</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 101 of America COMPETES Reauthorization Act of 2010 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/6621">42 U.S.C. 6621</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HB945E3736C774544ABFBD60074113373"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (b)(5)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H7328F3FCCEFA40CFA8203FD8332A808F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by redesignating subparagraphs (A) through (D) as subparagraphs (B) through (E), respectively; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2E0F28CFC3CE4BA9959555F1660CB5E5"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting before subparagraph (B), as so redesigned by subparagraph (A) of this paragraph, the
following new subparagraph:</text>
<quoted-block id="HD5FE0BF69A234F2D87E5CD02E60046B0" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="HCA4D25E96E36423EADF4C813F410CB43"><enum>(A)</enum><text>have as its primary goal to leverage the limited STEM education funding and other assets, including
intellectual capital, invested by Federal STEM agencies for maximum
benefit to student learning;</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H923330C329824DC4ABAFDEE0B15B6AA9"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking the second subsection (b);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4F6004B81CDD4DF5A1AA9D25B02191DF"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (f);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3140D1766BEE48A1B4367323F2D53630"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by inserting after subsection (b), the following new subsections:</text>
<quoted-block id="HAE88A5C6F2E84A17A04B4E1B7DC66F37" style="OLC">
<subsection id="HC42F7825A3794A67B00BCDB2FC3277CD"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Coordinator for STEM education</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy shall designate an associate director
of the Office of Science and Technology Policy as the Coordinator for STEM
Education. When an appropriate associate director is not available, the
Director may designate another appropriate senior government official as
the Coordinator for STEM Education. The Coordinator shall chair the
committee established under subsection (a). The Coordinator shall, with
the assistance of appropriate senior officials from other Committee on
STEM Education agencies, ensure that the requirements of this section are
satisfied.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H156D943584024F598D3F1CCB4948D08B"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Stakeholder input</header>
<paragraph id="HE057186BAEF542AA882CD4ACC7C2D982"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Interagency consolidation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For all agency proposals to consolidate or transfer budgets or functions for STEM education
programs or activities between agencies, at the time of submission of such
proposals to Congress, the Director shall report to Congress on activities
undertaken by the Office of Science and Technology Policy or by relevant
agencies to take into consideration relevant input from the STEM Education
Advisory Panel established under subsection (e) and other relevant
education stakeholders.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8983D959FED34FB4A2FAB64A9827FA84"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Intraagency consolidation</header><text>For all agency proposals to internally consolidate or terminate STEM education programs with
budgets exceeding $3,000,000, at the time of submission of such proposals
to Congress, the head of the relevant agency shall report to Congress on
activities to solicit and take into consideration input on such proposals
from the STEM Education Advisory Panel established under subsection (e)
and other relevant education stakeholders.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H71B2465B04F5480295EEEDFB330E6FBB"><enum>(e)</enum><header>STEM education advisory panel</header>
<paragraph id="H4EC39655424F47CBB66A490DC70D9630"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The President shall establish or designate a STEM Education Advisory Panel. The cochairs of the
Advisory Panel shall meet the qualifications of Panel membership required
in paragraph (2) and may be members of the President’s Council of Advisors
on Science and Technology.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD4E590D31F2441C7A1B395CBC71AD8F2"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Qualifications</header><text>The Advisory Panel established or designated by the President under this subsection shall consist
of members from academic institutions, industry, informal education
providers, nonprofit STEM education organizations, foundations, and local
and State educational agencies. Members of the Advisory Panel shall be
qualified to provide advice on Federal STEM education programs, best
practices in STEM education, assessment of STEM education programs, STEM
education standards, industry needs for STEM graduates, and public-private
STEM education partnerships.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC161D80413D24420A5B9694BEB76504B"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Duties</header><text>The Advisory Panel shall advise the President and the committee established under subsection (a) on
implementing the Federal STEM education strategic plan required under
subsection (b)(5) and coordinating Federal STEM programs with
nongovernmental STEM initiatives and State and local educational agencies.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8D7D800002864015BB28D6CB56256F06"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Report</header><text>The Advisory Panel shall report, not more than 1 year after enactment of the <short-title>America Competes Reauthorization Act of 2014</short-title>, on options for evidence-based implementation of the Federal STEM strategic plan required under
subsection (b)(5), including options for designating certain agencies as
coordinating leads for different priority investment areas, timelines for
implementation, and specific management, budget, policy, or other steps
that agencies must take to effectively implement the strategic plan.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H22A96C30D73144DCB8958C9AF5A1A85C"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Sunset</header><text>The authorization for the Advisory Panel established under this subsection shall expire 3 years
after the date of enactment of the <short-title>America Competes Reauthorization Act of 2014</short-title>.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3A1C5CF57C4F481DB3D8854D2D48588D"><enum>(5)</enum><text>in subsection (f), as so redesignated by paragraph (3) of this section—</text>
<subparagraph id="HFCE7D78815F04ECFA52B7499A944FDBE"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>progress made in implementing</quote> after <quote>describing</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H639CEE9BEC4C46799EC017F598717409"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (3); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H32E25DD1D03D466CAB783F70372BB033"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraphs (4) and (5) as paragraphs (3) and (4), respectively.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></section><section id="HA338FC623517498195CE80F4AED38FCB"><enum>203.</enum><header>Grand challenges in education research</header>
<subsection id="HA2666515439B42CD99FCD3032F78F9C4"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Director of the National Science Foundation and the Secretary of Education shall collaborate
in—</text>
<paragraph id="HA45DDABB52CD4CF58CB51A2D4E2D3A5E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>identifying, prioritizing, and developing strategies to address grand challenges in research and
development, including assessment, on the teaching and learning of STEM at
the pre-K–12 level, in formal and informal settings, for diverse learning
populations, including individuals identified in section 33 or 34 of the
Science and Engineering Equal Opportunities Act (42 U.S.C. 1885a or
1885b); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H485D14EE1D6440C58F937AC9DDF024F9"><enum>(2)</enum><text>ensuring the dissemination and promoting the utilization of the results of such research and
development.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H8FA3C071D3F648BBA2BD0FB6EDF2B403"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Stakeholder input</header><text>In identifying the grand challenges under subsection (a), the Director and the Secretary shall—</text>
<paragraph id="H981A4A2E1FC3448BA01EB29189DD4419"><enum>(1)</enum><text>take into consideration critical research gaps identified in existing reports, including reports by
the National Academies, on the teaching and learning of STEM at the
pre-K–12 level in formal and informal settings; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB3641C6C1E4C403286566139880A80E1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>solicit input from a wide range of stakeholders, including officials from State educational
agencies and local educational agencies, STEM teachers, STEM education
researchers, scientific and engineering societies, STEM faculty at
institutions of higher education, informal STEM education providers,
businesses with a large STEM workforce, and other stakeholders in the
teaching and learning of STEM at the pre-K–12 level, and may enter into an
arrangement with the National Research Council for these purposes.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H199C601F6C1D475F8D38337AE52A75BF"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Topics To consider</header><text>In identifying the grand challenges under subsection (a), the Director and the Secretary shall, at
a minimum, consider research and development on—</text>
<paragraph id="HF420AE6F87DC45729B9ED3F2B57FBD04"><enum>(1)</enum><text>scalability, sustainability, and replication of successful STEM activities, programs, and models,
in formal and informal environments;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HEF48C1A2DE224FD3A55FFF6F5438644E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>model systems that support improved teaching and learning of STEM across entire local educational
agencies and States, including rural areas, and encompassing and
integrating the teaching and learning of STEM in formal and informal
venues;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB2102DBB8898450A8B08ACC3528DCDA3"><enum>(3)</enum><text>implementation of new State mathematics and science standards;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE6751ECB307A493FA9128E1FD4DCFD4C"><enum>(4)</enum><text>what makes a STEM teacher effective and STEM teacher professional development effective, including
development of tools and methodologies to measure STEM teacher
effectiveness;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H083CAE1EFFF54FFE8D9DA4310A4805F5"><enum>(5)</enum><text>cyber-enabled and other technology tools for teaching and learning, including massive open online
courses;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE8D46E02F36241328E20E917C84B7D5F"><enum>(6)</enum><text>STEM teaching and learning in informal environments, including development of tools and
methodologies for assessing STEM teaching and learning in informal
environments; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HFB1A28B217E846C196BE547E808F0EE2"><enum>(7)</enum><text>how integrating engineering with mathematics and science education may—</text>
<subparagraph id="H994B8142FC9C48D9A0A6A1C7FDF092D4"><enum>(A)</enum><text>improve student learning of mathematics and science;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE6D8674FEE3C454E9C16B13512D013C2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>increase student interest and persistence in STEM; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H44D8F01D2EE04699B441F7CFC438C94C"><enum>(C)</enum><text>improve student understanding of engineering design principles and of the built world.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H8BABBD7B771F403D807FE6731C9529E3"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Report to congress</header><text>Not later than 12 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Director and the Secretary
shall report to Congress with a description of—</text>
<paragraph id="H88F6D663ACB945708F01C676CF2EBFDC"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the grand challenges identified pursuant to this section;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9B7BFE97523A41ECB06D0C01382FD353"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the role of each agency in supporting research and development activities to address the grand
challenges;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4205540E148B4A7C9BB4D217637BA239"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the common metrics that will be used to assess progress toward meeting the grand challenges;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB6EA33ED400A444C8645435E5BD6CE6B"><enum>(4)</enum><text>plans for periodically updating the grand challenges;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H276EC193277A4C9A879E3895BDB2B27E"><enum>(5)</enum><text>how the agencies will disseminate and promote the utilization of the results of research and
development activities carried out under this section to STEM education
practitioners, to other Federal agencies that support STEM programs and
activities, and to non-Federal funders of STEM education; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3F3ECB4DAB164716BFEA4A33FB838BAA"><enum>(6)</enum><text>how the agencies will support implementation of best practices identified by the research and
development activities.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H43DE37D2D5BD4B1AA59D1BF4365CDC12"><enum>204.</enum><header>Establishment of the Advanced Research Project Agency-Education</header>
<subsection id="H1C045C9FFB7D484297503376DBA23B63"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Program established</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">From the amounts appropriated for section 14007 of division A of the American Recovery and
Reinvestment Act of 2009 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/111/5">Public Law 111–5</external-xref>), the Secretary of Education
may reserve up to 30 percent to—</text>
<paragraph id="HE11AF5A9E2E540C5B623948F061223F8"><enum>(1)</enum><text>establish and carry out the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Education (in this section referred
to as <quote>ARPA–ED</quote>) to—</text>
<subparagraph id="H29E51BAC33BF4147ABE578B90BEB7CF0"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">identify and promote advances in learning, fundamental and applied sciences, and engineering that
may be translated into new learning technologies;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H44CBFD10F03F42A498FA6EF6F8F4E8CD"><enum>(B)</enum><text>develop, test, and evaluate new learning technologies and related processes; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9B3A274B695645C894E41B178A387138"><enum>(C)</enum><text>accelerate transformational technological advances in education;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H0B1F7D04E3324A5DB795BEEF235644C3"><enum>(2)</enum><text>convene an advisory panel under subsection (d); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H07E1580776D34C34B5E19D9945E3962D"><enum>(3)</enum><text>carry out the evaluation and dissemination requirements under subsection (e).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HB88091248E22443CB1771B8E59214917"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Appointments</header>
<paragraph id="H0F7CFA7098724281B2DC1C425B2598E7"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Director</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">ARPA–ED shall be under the direction of the Director of ARPA–ED, who shall be appointed by the
Secretary.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H212CAD7FE50B473D98B6CBE6D97D3EB0"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Qualified individuals</header><text>The Secretary shall appoint, for a term of not more than 4 years, qualified individuals who
represent scientific, engineering, professional, and other personnel with
expertise in carrying out the activities described in this section to
positions in ARPA–ED, at rates of compensation determined by the
Secretary, without regard to the provisions of title 5, United States
Code, except that such rates of compensation shall not to exceed the rate
for level I of the Executive Schedule under section 5312 of such title.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H8F96A46088BE436A8807E1F6C29D5063"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Functions of ARPA–ED</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Upon consultation with the advisory panel convened under <internal-xref idref="H7147617869AF4D5B8B8E1541A3C53354" legis-path="2.(d)">subsection (d)</internal-xref>, the Secretary shall select public and private entities to carry out the activities described in
subsection (a)(1) by—</text>
<paragraph id="H1EA0010D66A247B09262CFE908C2A3A8"><enum>(1)</enum><text>awarding such entities grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, or cash prizes; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H775F75F0920F4997A3FA5F6B9FEA9392"><enum>(2)</enum><text>entering into such other transactions with such entities as the Secretary may prescribe in
regulations.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H7147617869AF4D5B8B8E1541A3C53354"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Advisory panel</header>
<paragraph id="HB1900D0BD8824DFBBF9A1BDF33DC0AA4"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall convene an advisory panel to advise and consult with the Secretary, the
Director, and the qualified individuals appointed under <internal-xref idref="H212CAD7FE50B473D98B6CBE6D97D3EB0" legis-path="2.(b)(2)">subsection (b)(2)</internal-xref> on—</text>
<subparagraph id="HCB7257C8C7D740EA886CFFE355087D55"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">ensuring that the awards made and transaction entered into under <internal-xref idref="H8F96A46088BE436A8807E1F6C29D5063" legis-path="2.(c)">subsection (c)</internal-xref> are consistent with the purposes described in <internal-xref idref="H1C045C9FFB7D484297503376DBA23B63" legis-path="2.(a)">subsection (a)(1)</internal-xref>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1590E808D88F490D9C5A1EACC1DA384D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>ensuring the relevance, accessibility, and utility of such awards and transactions to education
practitioners.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H4E77DA578B8145988B53DDC044F6B3D5"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Appointment of members</header><text>The Secretary shall appoint the following qualified individuals to serve on the advisory panel:</text>
<subparagraph id="H706F1AF472B542A189CB83DE64C98CDE"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Education practitioners.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5962E7E7AF09469A95D32B7C324122A6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Experts in technology.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8D143B28FE3B4A3FACFB9AB15DAD17C0"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Specialists in rapid gains in student achievement and school turnaround.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB80B8E72D1A94F9CA6C1496ECC65F8F0"><enum>(D)</enum><text>Specialists in personalized learning.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8555B88E9AD844B7B3CA3890BD2D772D"><enum>(E)</enum><text>Researchers, including at least one representative from a comprehensive center established under
section 203 of the Educational Technical Assistance Act of 2002 (20 U.S.C.
9602) or the regional laboratories system established under section 174 of
the Education Sciences Reform Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/9564">20 U.S.C. 9564</external-xref>).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HAF0CF8F9039D4A89B2575CA768764ED1"><enum>(F)</enum><text>Other individuals with expertise who will contribute to the overall rigor and quality of ARPA–ED.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HCA8138B09E43495D874E0A6EC31BFFAD"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Applicability of FACA</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.) shall not apply to the panel convened under this
subsection and any appointee to such panel shall not be considered an <quote>employee</quote> under <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/5/2105">section 2105</external-xref> of title 5, United States Code.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HDFE44B501ACC4907AF3EFFBA4F66CD52"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Evaluation and dissemination</header>
<paragraph id="HFE099329E0A54A38A2979243461645FD"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Evaluation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall obtain independent, periodic, and rigorous evaluation of—</text>
<subparagraph id="H41D0998EB23F4DEE8B1D0051FE86AE1F"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the effectiveness of the processes ARPA–Ed is using to achieve the purposes described in subsection
(a)(1);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4AF957BA71A54AA98A6492983468BF4B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the relevance, accessibility, and utility of the awards made and transactions entered into under
subsection (c) to education practitioners; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE0BC8DC8DE7E440BB792797EF4F0B8B2"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the effectiveness of the projects carried out through such awards and transactions, using evidence
standards developed in consultation with the Institute of Education
Sciences, and the suitability of such projects for further investment or
increased scale.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H846CC9832C11466689C296E9AD1506E2"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Dissemination and use</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall disseminate information to education practitioners, including teachers,
principals, and local and State superintendents, on effective practices
and technologies developed under ARPA–ED, as appropriate, through—</text>
<subparagraph id="H8FE715A2A428431DA2E37DD92D35FB57"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the comprehensive centers established under 203 of the Educational Technical Assistance Act of 2002
(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/9602">20 U.S.C. 9602</external-xref>);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H01FC3A05174641609D961E4990569006"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the regional laboratories system established under section 174 of the Education Sciences Reform Act
(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/9564">20 U.S.C. 9564</external-xref>); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB6D2EA939E814C7B8027E26B0C05632A"><enum>(C)</enum><text>such other means as the Secretary determines to be appropriate.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H3BE2C1E4DC2D4B10B40A06687B522151"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Administrative requirements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding section 437(d) of the General Education Provisions Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1232">20 U.S.C. 1232(d)</external-xref>), the
Secretary shall establish such processes as may be necessary for the
Secretary to manage and administer ARPA–ED, which are not constrained by
other Department-wide administrative requirements that may prevent ARPA–ED
from carrying out the purposes described in subsection (a)(1).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H39EF7BAD23494CCAB438C1956E69A218"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>For purposes of this section:</text>
<paragraph id="H8A59983552644F6399685093BD25B9BB"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Department</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>Department</term> means the Department of Education.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H14E6D52C0C214CD7912D2C0178C04563"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Director</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>Director</term> means the Director of ARPA–ED.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H02F543921B5F476EA5065A44CA5DB35E"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Secretary</header><text>The term <term>Secretary</term> means the Secretary of Education.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" id="H5F5A76523BF94402902F55F609C941AE"><enum>205.</enum><header>Community college and industry partnerships STEM pilot grant program</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="HEA274B22A4AF478C8A17E68F068F1CDF"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>The Secretary of Labor shall establish a competitive grant pilot program for the purpose of
developing, offering, improving, or providing STEM education or career
training programs for workers.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H72A62DB7EA8E47DEA6A559E1511CB4F4"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Eligible entity</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H6111A0D90FC5440BB8B54B436243F10E"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Entities eligible for a grant under this section are any of the following (or a consortium of any
of the following) in partnership with employers or an association of
employers—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H76D87B93B6394B66A8B63FFE42E53170"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a junior or community college (as defined in section 312(f) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20
U.S.C. 1085(f)));</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HC5CE367CF4604E5E98076968A20D28D3"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a postsecondary vocational institution (as defined in section 102(c) of the Higher Education Act of
1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1002">20 U.S.C. 1002(c)</external-xref>));</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H8AF6FC1937EA41559822DC7BDCE37110"><enum>(C)</enum><text>a four-year public institution of higher education (as defined in section 101 of the Higher
Education Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1001">20 U.S.C. 1001</external-xref>)) that offers two-year degrees, will
use funds provided under this section for activities at the certificate
and associate degree levels, and is not reasonably close, as determined by
the Secretary of Labor, to a community college;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HB93124D8142742B8871F62F5E3BDD360"><enum>(D)</enum><text>a tribal college or university (as defined in section 316(b) of the Higher Education Act of 1965
(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1059c">20 U.S.C. 1059c(b)</external-xref>)); or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HAA7410298BE94039AC29CD1726ECB968"><enum>(E)</enum><text>at the discretion of the Secretary of Labor, a private, not-for-profit, two-year institution of
higher education in Puerto Rico, Guam, the United States Virgin Islands,
American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the
Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, or
the Republic of Palau.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H5113B483D65C4262AAD5DD06213EAD61"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Additional partnerships</header><text>In addition to partnering with employers or an association of employers, the eligible entities
described in paragraph (1) may partner with any of the following
organizations:</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H3958F092C08445648385E6B54FDCDEC4"><enum>(A)</enum><text>An adult education provider or institution of higher education (as defined in section 101 of the
Higher Education Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1001">20 U.S.C. 1001</external-xref>)).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H407CC7CBB387475A808CF12BA1511C0A"><enum>(B)</enum><text>A community-based organization.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H50B59B5FDEB240A39148EF7496E37A66"><enum>(C)</enum><text>A joint labor-management partnership.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H260C6D6A742149B4A76CBAD6E8E76BF8"><enum>(D)</enum><text>Any other organization that the Secretary of Labor considers appropriate.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H33E7F2FEDB7E4651B55B5889437EE181"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Workforce investment board</header><text>Any such partnership shall collaborate with, and may include, the State or local workforce
investment board.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="HFC529A4D51BD40DCA15A293C9DD536D2"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Application</header><text>An eligible entity seeking a grant under this section shall submit a grant proposal to the
Secretary of Labor at such time and containing such information as the
Secretary may require. The proposal shall include, at a minimum, a
detailed description of—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HB2FB2589183E4013B6770084336E3D2B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the specific project for which the grant proposal is submitted, including the manner in which the
grant will be used to develop, offer, improve, or provide a STEM education
or career training program;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H0A1E7BCCE9194BB0A2AC88D9C91DB633"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the extent to which the project will meet the STEM education or career training needs of workers in
the area served by the eligible entity;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H43DEC6481F0B4183AE085305ADA1025B"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the extent to which the project will meet the needs of employers in the region for skilled workers
in in-demand industry sectors and in-demand occupations, including high
technology areas, nanotechnology, and advanced manufacturing;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H3C285DE318EF40B986DF00C3767DE300"><enum>(4)</enum><text>the extent to which the project fits within any overall strategic plan developed by an eligible
entity; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H12DDFFEDFD924DDEBC904DBADCBF7974"><enum>(5)</enum><text>any previous experience of the eligible entity in providing STEM education or career training
programs, the absence of which shall not automatically disqualify an
eligible institution from receiving a grant under this section.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H370BC38173C64CA0BA648EE5B17EA5C5"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Specifications of grants</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H4C0C6EAF708A43FDA2CDCC96B4D821B9"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Duration</header><text>A grant shall be awarded under this section for a period of up to 36 months in duration.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HA4C7AC11DCEA4FB582146DD1C83251B1"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Size of grant</header><text>The amount of a grant awarded under this subsection may not exceed $3,000,000 for an individual
entity and $20,000,000 for a consortium.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="HE7956F39E57C4723A6E3B172F74E48AA"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Criteria for award</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H4F3A9282EEE44901B274EA5ACDCB7974"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Grants under this section shall be awarded based on—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HBB26391AAF1145D9843B5C7DDEECDA6D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a determination of the merits of the grant proposal submitted by the eligible entity to develop,
offer, improve, or provide STEM education or career training programs to
be made available to workers;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H9253BE6C448C45B88ED376943CECE0A1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>an assessment of the likely employment opportunities available in the region to individuals who
complete a STEM education or career training program that the eligible
entity proposes to develop, offer, improve, or provide;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H8B642EF25C074CDAB207E8241694CAA0"><enum>(C)</enum><text>an assessment of prior demand for STEM training programs by individuals eligible for training
served by the eligible entity as well as availability and capacity of
existing STEM training programs to meet future demand for STEM training
programs; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H09FE7840CF4440AB92922EC9AF582695"><enum>(D)</enum><text>any additional criteria established by the Secretary of Labor.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HCEFA8B9042404A3AAFEEDE36E868EA18"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Priority</header><text>The Secretary of Labor shall give priority to eligible entities that—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H508BD6A9468F4962AB0A408AA8AA1526"><enum>(A)</enum><text>include a partnership with a business or industry or sector partnership that—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="H101241A1F26B4613897536A27AAB27C0"><enum>(i)</enum><text>pays a portion of the costs of such programs; or</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="HE8AC027A535A4076AA9B1D999AB148A0"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>agrees to hire individuals who have completed a particular postsecondary degree, certificate, or
credential resulting from the training program of the eligible entity;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HC3ABEA9845DF40D19459DCD05340E987"><enum>(B)</enum><text>enter into a partnership with a labor organization or labor-management training program that
provides technical expertise for occupationally specific education
necessary for a recognized postsecondary STEM credential leading to an
occupation in an in-demand industry sector;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H43975EC7ED2E42D999FD7BDB889C5175"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">are focused on serving individuals with barriers to employment, particularly individuals who have
been unemployed for 27 weeks or longer;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H30F183D2CB8F48CA898AFCBE4023473D"><enum>(D)</enum><text>are community colleges serving areas with high unemployment rates, including rural areas; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H15791F11740A4203B9B692DFB81E554B"><enum>(E)</enum><text>are eligible entities that include an institution of higher education eligible for assistance under
title III or V of the Higher Education Act of 1965.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H4BB43109EA014C029720E2FC448D26A9"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Use of funds</header><text>Grants awarded under this section shall be used for one or more of the following:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H2602DC4E5C5C4CE59555E1E9A5016654"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The development, offering, improvement, or provision of STEM academic programs or training programs
that provide relevant job training for skilled occupations that will meet
the needs of employers in in-demand industry sectors, which may include
registered apprenticeship programs, on-the-job training programs, and
programs that support employers in upgrading the skills of their
workforce.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H90713EBC75F644798C9D260E8C8F6376"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The development and implementation of policies and programs to expand opportunities for students to
earn a recognized postsecondary STEM credential or degree in in-demand
industry sectors and in-demand occupations, including by—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H5C49233DF7E34C3785BFE49C8ABBBEEF"><enum>(A)</enum><text>facilitating the transfer of academic credits between institutions of higher education, including
the transfer of academic credits for courses in the same field of study;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H63A498B3648C40A39B191D44C555B84D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>expanding articulation agreements and policies that guarantee transfer between such institutions,
including through common course numbering and general core curriculum; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H3A64A7284C814841B3476A8D892C7675"><enum>(C)</enum><text>developing or enhancing student support services programs.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H507EDBD520404FE0B9AB3E0A3FEFAC02"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The creation of workforce programs that provide a sequence of education and occupational training
that leads to a recognized postsecondary STEM credential or degree,
including programs that—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H4446C49256F945CF90F7A321C8F4DBAB"><enum>(A)</enum><text>blend basic skills and occupational training;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H623D6EB89412441B807EB3412B9D6298"><enum>(B)</enum><text>facilitate means of transitioning from noncredit occupational, basic skills, or developmental
coursework to for-credit coursework within and across institutions;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H9E9931F3ED694C0DABCF5C034B99272A"><enum>(C)</enum><text>build or enhance linkages including the development of dual enrollment programs and early college
high schools between secondary education or adult education programs
(including programs established under the Carl D. Perkins Career and
Technical Education Act of 2006);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H860371ACC3024F6F98BCF0BB9A6FF928"><enum>(D)</enum><text>implement other innovative programs designed to increase the provision of training for students,
including students who are veteran members of the National Guard or
Reserves, to enter skilled occupations in in-demand industry sectors; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H376D2876DDAD46119788DE04208CB480"><enum>(E)</enum><text>support paid internships that will allow students to simultaneously earn credit for work-based
learning and gain relevant employment experience in an in-demand industry
sector or in-demand occupation, which shall include opportunities that
transition individuals into employment.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H4E4EA2DACB574F998B54371B26BF9489"><enum>(4)</enum><text>The support of regional or national in-demand industry sectors to develop skills consortia that
will identify pressing workforce needs and develop solutions such as—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H3DEFA34F17964B08A898FCBA033BFCE9"><enum>(A)</enum><text>standardizing industry certifications;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H3055B80E660943E888C64373503B16F3"><enum>(B)</enum><text>developing new training technologies; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HDA865E561C0F4ECB8EB3B63CE4C56E5B"><enum>(C)</enum><text>collaborating with industry employers to define and describe how specific skills lead to particular
jobs and career opportunities.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H232D5D395C7D4EBBAFC4E2872E632633"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Authorizations of appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of Labor $100,000,000 for each of fiscal
years 2014 through 2016 to carry out this section.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="HBE31ED8A7B014E0F87DFCEF16D4C5F22"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>For the purposes of this section—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H843C0B31A03143F185C3395BE814274D"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the term <quote>in-demand industry sector</quote> means an industry sector that has a substantial current or potential impact (including through
jobs that lead to economic self-sufficiency and opportunities for
advancement) on the State, regional, or local economy, as appropriate, and
that contributes to the growth or stability of other supporting
businesses, or the growth of other industry sectors; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HB5660A49258A44BEBD130336A7A211C7"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the term <quote>in-demand occupation</quote> means an occupation that currently has or is projected to have a number of positions (including
positions that lead to economic self-sufficiency and opportunities for
advancement) in an industry sector so as to have a significant impact on
the State, regional, or local economy.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFEF714E2A6954E569AE0A1F8F8CA4601" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>206.</enum><header>National Research Council report on STEAM education</header>
<subsection id="H53BEE901FEEA4676B98C60878294D4F4"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Sense of Congress</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">It is the sense of Congress that—</text>
<paragraph id="H73654B4ECA094810A213D4DADEEEFF35"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Talent Expansion Program set an
important goal of increasing the number of students graduating with
associate or baccalaureate degrees in the STEM fields, and this should
continue to be a focus of that program;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1624661187C5477088BCEBDCAA9C6EEB"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to further the goal of the STEM Talent Expansion Program, as well as STEM education promotion
programs across the Federal Government, innovative approaches are needed
to enhance STEM education in the United States;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE259840A98C14FEB933727B9DDEC60DF"><enum>(3)</enum><text>STEAM, which is the integration of arts and design, broadly defined, into Federal STEM programming,
research, and innovation activities, is a method-validated approach to
maintaining the competitiveness of the United States in both workforce and
innovation and to increasing and broadening students’ engagement in the
STEM fields;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H780932DF1EDD468C9BDA67515F7475C7"><enum>(4)</enum><text>STEM graduates need more than technical skills to thrive in the 21st century workforce; they also
need to be creative, innovative, collaborative, and able to think
critically;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H904CCED996D6427D999BB4004EDAB236"><enum>(5)</enum><text>STEAM should be recognized as providing value to STEM research and education programs across
Federal agencies, without supplanting the focus on the traditional STEM
disciplines;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HFEC49A320B884F339853EB2A500D52EC"><enum>(6)</enum><text>Federal agencies should work cooperatively on interdisciplinary initiatives to support the
integration of arts and design into STEM, and current interdisciplinary
programs should be strengthened;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H29B58D9B1BE448E2AD4124809070DC22"><enum>(7)</enum><text>Federal agencies should allow for STEAM activities under current and future grant-making and other
activities; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HFDF4CE3BB0044E4194117C2B68FA6CFC"><enum>(8)</enum><text>Federal agencies should clarify that, where appropriate, data collection, surveys, and reporting on
STEM activities and grant-making should examine activities that involve
cross-disciplinary learning that integrates specialized skills and
expertise from both art and science.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H352847071D9B46098059BF9C4DD89C7B"><enum>(b)</enum><header>National Research Council workshop</header><text>The National Science Foundation shall enter into an arrangement with the National Research Council
to conduct a workshop on the integration of arts and design with STEM
education. The workshop shall include a discussion of—</text>
<paragraph id="HF05171AB95F7427EA66CFF92E6EC44F1"><enum>(1)</enum><text>how the perspectives and experience of artists and designers may contribute to the advancement of
science, engineering, and innovation, for example through the development
of visualization aids for large experimental and computational data sets;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H86F7BBF8A9C14E8D95DCB0E211A36CA1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>how arts and design-based education experiences might support formal and informal STEM education at
the pre-K–12 level, particularly in fostering creativity and risk taking,
and encourage more students to pursue STEM studies, including students
from groups historically underrepresented in STEM;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H436F9BD3817846A5BD993DBA585D52E9"><enum>(3)</enum><text>how the teaching of design principles can be better integrated into undergraduate engineering and
other STEM curricula, including in the first two years of undergraduate
studies, to enhance student capacity for creativity and innovation and
improve student retention, including students from groups historically
underrepresented in STEM; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4746FE466A184BA79AAACFD5322A3B8A"><enum>(4)</enum><text>what additional steps, if any, Federal science agencies should take to promote the inclusion of
arts and design principles in their respective STEM programs and
activities in order to improve student STEM learning outcomes, increase
the recruitment and retention of students into STEM studies and careers,
and increase innovation in the United States.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H5D19B45677304CB0A7F75A301071294F"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not later than 18 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the National Research Council
shall submit a report to Congress providing a summary description of the
discussion and findings from the workshop required under subsection (b).</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H5E04FA14D6374529BF3102D521090406"><enum>207.</enum><header>Engaging Federal scientists and engineers in STEM education</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy shall develop guidance for Federal
agencies to increase opportunities and training, as appropriate, for
Federal scientists and engineers to participate in STEM engagement
activities through their respective agencies and in their communities.</text>
</section></subtitle><subtitle id="H7B8E5E23B92A4995895F010D4CB0A6EB"><enum>B</enum><header>Broadening participation in STEM</header>
<section commented="no" id="HE02B7F85F3E24127BA4E858AD5D4CC43" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>211.</enum><header>Short title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This subtitle may be cited as the <quote><short-title>STEM Opportunities Act of 2014</short-title></quote>.</text>
</section><section id="H12FDA6B1E46B4E3DB33F81F8360CFB51" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>212.</enum><header>Purpose</header>
<subsection id="H8655F061C505461DA4413642E0122589"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy, acting through the Federal science
agencies, shall carry out programs and activities with the purpose of
ensuring that Federal science agencies and institutions of higher
education receiving Federal research and development funding are fully
engaging their entire talent pool.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HDDC8F6C32EDB4BCB9673318BCAAE9C6E"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Purposes</header><text>The purposes of this subtitle are as follows:</text>
<paragraph id="H9BE8174CF94C44208A6E8F830AFBB3EE"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To promote research on and increase understanding of the participation and trajectories of women
and underrepresented minorities in STEM careers at institutions of higher
education and Federal science agencies, including Federal laboratories.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7BA3E5B3982E43F490D03715F85CB4F0"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To raise awareness within Federal science agencies, including Federal laboratories, and
institutions of higher education about cultural and institutional barriers
limiting the recruitment, retention, promotion, and other indicators of
participation and achievement of women and underrepresented minorities in
academic and Government STEM research careers at all levels.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD1B379B5EDF2429F8AFAD6B1A4A57895"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To identify, disseminate, and implement best practices at Federal science agencies, including
Federal laboratories, and at institutions of higher education to remove or
reduce cultural and institutional barriers limiting the recruitment,
retention, and success of women and underrepresented minorities in
academic and Government STEM research careers.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0565040025494D5FB2345688290FC2E9"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To provide grants to institutions of higher education to recruit, retain, and advance STEM faculty
members from underrepresented minority groups and to implement or expand
reforms in undergraduate STEM education in order to increase the number of
students from underrepresented minority groups receiving degrees in these
fields.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H5E4E064B94474716BE3C548B15531F0C"><enum>213.</enum><header>Federal science agency policies for caregivers</header>
<subsection id="H1740C2598FD04157B6215537DCBD6B28"><enum>(a)</enum><header>OSTP guidance</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 6 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Director of the Office of
Science and Technology Policy shall provide guidance to Federal science
agencies to establish policies that—</text>
<paragraph id="HC8E71E3B51B0488E997652DFB72F586F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>apply to all—</text>
<subparagraph id="H6A259951C3164BBF8FE4D3767FC8B84F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>intramural and extramural research awards; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9A6A71CD881E4692A77178129476E332"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">primary investigators who have caregiving responsibilities, including care for a newborn or newly
adopted child and care for an immediate family member who is sick or
disabled; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H8D6E495C30B64D88A7C2B14DC32ECB29"><enum>(2)</enum><text>provide—</text>
<subparagraph id="HEE95646184D746ADABAEA604E9371A17"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">flexibility in timing for the initiation of approved research awards;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H22D744E0C9F54645BF266D681BA4AEC6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>no-cost extensions of research awards;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HD40E2BE779894238B37E1B3AEF51312B"><enum>(C)</enum><text>grant supplements as appropriate to research awards for research technicians or equivalent to
sustain research activities; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0123971789F9449F9574A30542CCE489"><enum>(D)</enum><text>any other appropriate accommodations at the discretion of the head of each agency.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H0F1BD109251845FE915276A347A90C4B"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Uniformity of guidance</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In providing such guidance, the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy shall
encourage uniformity and consistency in the policies across all agencies.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HE38E5538B0BB495AA337AB309603AE1B"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Establishment of policies</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Consistent with the guidance provided under this section, Federal science agencies shall maintain
or develop and implement policies for caregivers and shall broadly
disseminate such policies to current and potential grantees.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H7C474999CDE04E5881178CA3B1A1EBE3"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Data on usage</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Federal science agencies shall—</text>
<paragraph id="HD9CE54CBC6E7452B8C1FFCB033C1A900"><enum>(1)</enum><text>collect data on the usage of the policies under subsection (c), by gender, at both institutions of
higher education and Federal laboratories; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5A0C5A45D40943B1945D28EA97424EA1"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">report such data on an annual basis to the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy
in such form as required by the Director.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="HCF562808482C43B8BCC458C0AEDDB474"><enum>214.</enum><header>Collection and reporting of data on Federal research grants</header>
<subsection id="H676FBF9342564E12981BE45A1A405A10"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Collection of data</header>
<paragraph id="H1F55D3718E2644EE9EEF34306335A325"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each Federal science agency shall collect standardized record-level annual information on
demographics, primary field, award type, budget request, funding outcome,
and awarded budget for all applications for merit-reviewed research and
development grants to institutions of higher education and Federal
laboratories supported by that agency.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE2D2E9A1A249462A839CE53E61FC0969"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Uniformity and standardization</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy shall establish a policy to ensure
uniformity and standardization of the data collection required under
paragraph (1).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1C21D1A5FF3048F28687EE447C9EF32E"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Record-level data</header>
<subparagraph id="H6CF033E515C246ECACB07354E7010163"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Requirement</header><text>On an annual basis, beginning with the deadline under subparagraph (C), each Federal science agency
shall submit to the Director of the National Science Foundation
record-level data collected under paragraph (1) in the form required by
such Director.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF0C85BC63906400796BB90692848F73D"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Previous data</header><text>As part of the first submission under subparagraph (A), each Federal science agency, to the extent
practicable, shall also submit comparable record-level data for the 5
years preceding the deadline under subparagraph (C).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HF9459C46CBF34D9195AC510241D91843"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Deadline</header><text>The deadline under this paragraph is 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HC62578F0D9A0431685C61C8AE3C2B4B6"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Reporting of data</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Director of the National Science Foundation shall publish statistical summary data collected
under this section, disaggregated and cross-tabulated by race, ethnicity,
gender, age, and years since completion of doctoral degree, including in
conjunction with the National Science Foundation’s report required by
section 37 of the Science and Technology Equal Opportunities Act (42
U.S.C. 1885d; <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/96/516">Public Law 96–516</external-xref>).</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H72A6346B42DD4E0F9616DC3AE20DB960"><enum>215.</enum><header>Policies for review of Federal research grants</header>
<subsection id="H27F94597FFDA44DE9DB2595EF2F3CA63"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy, in collaboration with the Director of
the National Science Foundation, shall identify information and best
practices useful for educating program officers and members of standing
peer review committees at Federal science agencies about—</text>
<paragraph id="HDFEAAE40E9DC49D6BF3825EDE2E99333"><enum>(1)</enum><text>research on implicit bias based on gender, race, or ethnicity; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HBF8C298198CB4031B5F72D39FE0A8509"><enum>(2)</enum><text>methods to minimize the effect of such bias in the review of extramural and intramural Federal
research grants.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HC4AAFF3C123543C3B4749F5BAE72EA2F"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Guidance to all Federal science agencies</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy shall disseminate the information and
best practices identified in subsection (a) to all Federal science
agencies and provide guidance as necessary on policies to implement such
practices within each agency.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H67113929C22C4DFEA2990F80799F7952"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Establishment of policies</header><text>Consistent with the guidance provided in subsection (b), Federal science agencies shall maintain or
develop and implement policies and practices to minimize the effects of
implicit bias in the review of extramural and intramural Federal research
grants.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H9C48070AB88E402E9080F1C8E3E6EDBD"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Report to Congress</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Director of the Office of
Science and Technology Policy shall report to Congress on what steps all
Federal science agencies have taken to implement policies and practices to
minimize the effects of bias in the review of extramural and intramural
Federal research grants.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="HDC133D7AD70A457980E4D1EE44023528"><enum>216.</enum><header>Collection of data on demographics of faculty</header>
<subsection id="HC7C8A3D460DE4F2693F8C84B210AF312"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Collection of data</header>
<paragraph id="HFB9AD505DC5A4C9A907E7980579CEEBC"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 3 years after the date of enactment of this Act, and at least every 5 years
thereafter, the Director of the National Science Foundation shall carry
out a survey to collect institution-level data on the demographics of STEM
faculty, by broad fields of STEM, at different types of institutions of
higher education.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF1458D8A1BBD42B0BE1F2914F69BADAE"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Considerations</header><text>To the extent practicable, the Director of the National Science Foundation shall consider, by
gender, race, ethnicity, citizenship status, age, and years since
completion of doctoral degree—</text>
<subparagraph id="H61ACF30129F24883BC1061A13C1B2D8C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the number and percentage of faculty;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H81B5CFAAC6DC4443B40EF760783F5760"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the number and percentage of faculty at each rank;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H90ABC19DA33F43A598BF45ECD14551D6"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the number and percentage of faculty who are in nontenure-track positions, including teaching and
research;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H951BB60A3A8849D7B01F8A1210B21543"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the number and percentage of faculty who are reviewed for promotion, including tenure, and the
percentage of that number who are promoted, including being awarded
tenure;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HFB4F6B944F024BD4BDEF4FEFC61E38BE"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">faculty years in rank;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HBFC08FD51D71466D9A9C19225DFCD56C"><enum>(F)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the number and percentage of faculty to leave tenure-track positions;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC65E2649D7804B178C17E7483B856B80"><enum>(G)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the number and percentage of faculty hired, by rank; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H42E18C43B8794DD3999E461C07D94A59"><enum>(H)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the number and percentage of faculty in leadership positions.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H95060D73A4884CE9921A34A6177671CB"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Existing surveys</header><text>The Director of the National Science Foundation—</text>
<paragraph id="HCDD55461650545FB9DBA60E0A5959198"><enum>(1)</enum><text>may carry out the requirements under <internal-xref idref="HC7C8A3D460DE4F2693F8C84B210AF312" legis-path="6.(a)">subsection (a)</internal-xref> by collaborating with statistical centers at other Federal agencies to modify or expand, as
necessary, existing Federal surveys of higher education; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H92E08B460BF447B6B9FF74E55B918E83"><enum>(2)</enum><text>may award a grant or contract to an institution of higher education or other nonprofit organization
to design and carry out the requirements under <internal-xref idref="HC7C8A3D460DE4F2693F8C84B210AF312" legis-path="6.(a)">subsection (a)</internal-xref>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HF7BC42CB73DD45A2BB023B1988C7C996"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Reporting data</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Director of the National Science Foundation shall publish statistical summary data collected
under this section, including as part of the National Science Foundation’s
report required by section 37 of the Science and Technology Equal
Opportunities Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1885d">42 U.S.C. 1885d</external-xref>; <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/96/516">Public Law 96–516</external-xref>).</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="HDF11C69C866C46A8A867E01B0596734A"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to the Director of the National Science Foundation
$3,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2014 through 2016 to develop and carry
out the initial survey required in <internal-xref idref="HC7C8A3D460DE4F2693F8C84B210AF312" legis-path="6.(a)">subsection (a)</internal-xref>.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H4CAE1BD21F004909BAD5FEFE0E206BFD"><enum>217.</enum><header>Cultural and institutional barriers to expanding the academic and Federal STEM workforce</header>
<subsection id="H47807925BD9B44819D428BCDDF36178E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Best practices at institutions of higher education</header>
<paragraph id="H1C0F007CB1BE40C68760A3474709A1EC"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Development of guidance</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 6 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Director of the National
Science Foundation shall develop written guidance for institutions of
higher education on the best practices for—</text>
<subparagraph id="H9B240C627DFB4298A60DBD18FFABD0DD"><enum>(A)</enum><text>conducting periodic campus culture surveys of STEM departments, with a particular focus on
identifying any cultural or institutional barriers to or successful
enablers for the recruitment, retention, promotion, and other indicators
of participation and achievement, of women and underrepresented minorities
in STEM degree programs and academic STEM careers; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H51F06CF784F94EB6B5EB8E880A07C446"><enum>(B)</enum><text>providing educational opportunities, including workshops as described in <internal-xref idref="H22128B23C0C44C34B09F9BF0CF94AB2C" legis-path="7.(c)">subsection (c)</internal-xref>, for STEM faculty and administrators to learn about current research on implicit bias in
recruitment, evaluation, and promotion of faculty in STEM and recruitment
and evaluation of undergraduate and graduate students in STEM degree
programs.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H42DE467DED0E44E283495C630DCC564C"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Existing guidance</header><text>In developing the guidance in <internal-xref idref="H1C0F007CB1BE40C68760A3474709A1EC" legis-path="7.(a)(1)">paragraph (1)</internal-xref>, the Director of the National Science Foundation shall utilize guidance already developed by the
National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the Department of Energy,
and the Department of Education.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1B680067999441B9B3E6369404AAD1F2"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Dissemination of guidance</header><text>The Director of the National Science Foundation shall broadly disseminate the guidance developed in <internal-xref idref="H1C0F007CB1BE40C68760A3474709A1EC" legis-path="7.(a)(1)">paragraph (1)</internal-xref> to institutions of higher education that receive Federal research funding.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2E46A78C111042EF8A60CBAEBF6BE2F2"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Reports to the National Science Foundation</header><text>The Director of the National Science Foundation shall develop a policy that—</text>
<subparagraph id="H7F2E28DED28C49A885BA98CE04AC091E"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">applies to, at a minimum, the institutions classified by the Carnegie Foundation for the
Advancement of Teaching on January 1, 2013, as a doctorate-granting
university with a very high level of research activity; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD0CF845D93314FA88BD8716B16CC8283"><enum>(B)</enum><text>requires each institution identified in <internal-xref idref="H7F2E28DED28C49A885BA98CE04AC091E" legis-path="7.(a)(4)(A)">subparagraph (A)</internal-xref>, not later than 3 years after the date of enactment of this Act, to report to the Director of the
National Science Foundation on activities and policies developed and
implemented based on the guidance provided in <internal-xref idref="H1C0F007CB1BE40C68760A3474709A1EC" legis-path="7.(a)(1)">paragraph (1)</internal-xref>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HE8F8996041A94828A1EB8B7A12A79B46"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Best practices at Federal laboratories</header>
<paragraph id="HA1887C74BC6B4998B61978B486D9F3DE"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Development of guidance</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 written guidance for Federal
laboratories to develop and implement practices and policies to—</text>
<subparagraph id="H54B211F2D15C4A6BAF9B895C24F131E5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>conduct periodic laboratorywide culture surveys of research personnel at all levels, with a
particular focus on identifying any cultural or institutional barriers to
the recruitment, retention, and success of women and underrepresented
minorities in STEM careers at Federal laboratories; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7DFAB2ADAD3F479DA016EA08B465009A"><enum>(B)</enum><text>provide educational opportunities, including workshops as described in <internal-xref idref="H22128B23C0C44C34B09F9BF0CF94AB2C" legis-path="7.(c)">subsection (c)</internal-xref>, for STEM research personnel to learn about current research in implicit bias in recruitment,
evaluation, and promotion of research personnel at Federal laboratories.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H1D346C0E4CAA419AAC8FD5C7D6E0B140"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Establishment of policies</header><text>Consistent with the guidance provided in <internal-xref idref="HA1887C74BC6B4998B61978B486D9F3DE" legis-path="7.(b)(1)">paragraph (1)</internal-xref>, Federal science agencies with Federal laboratories shall maintain or develop and implement
policies for their respective Federal laboratories.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H22128B23C0C44C34B09F9BF0CF94AB2C"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Workshops To address cultural barriers To expanding the academic and Federal STEM workforce</header>
<paragraph id="HB6BC537CAB10489E8F4409B690C3CE5F"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 6 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Director of the National
Science Foundation shall recommend a uniform policy for Federal science
agencies to carry out a program of workshops that educate STEM department
chairs at institutions of higher education, senior managers at Federal
laboratories, and other federally funded researchers about methods that
minimize the effects of implicit bias in the career advancement, including
hiring, tenure, promotion, and selection for any honor based in part on
the recipient’s research record, of academic and Federal STEM researchers.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC2DCAA75CD7946C9B0FC89EA12584245"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Interagency coordination</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Director of the National Science Foundation shall ensure that workshops supported under this
subsection are coordinated across Federal science agencies and jointly
supported as appropriate.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H89FD483AFF434D52840C11C7F2EADE69"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Minimizing costs</header><text>To the extent practicable, workshops shall be held in conjunction with national or regional STEM
disciplinary meetings to minimize costs associated with participant
travel.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H396EF819BCB64F4799044E93AD776100"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Priority fields for academic participants</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In considering the participation of STEM department chairs and other academic researchers, the
Director of the National Science Foundation shall prioritize workshops for
the broad fields of STEM in which the national rate of representation of
women among tenured or tenure-track faculty or non-faculty researchers at
doctorate-granting institutions of higher education is less than 25
percent, according to the most recent data available from the National
Center for Science and Engineering Statistics.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H19045FE16FC34660B4EC4E8F9C9E076E"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Organizations eligible to carry out workshops</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Federal science agencies may carry out the program of workshops under this subsection by making
grants to eligible organizations. In addition to any other organizations
made eligible by the Federal science agencies, the following organizations
are eligible for grants under this subsection:</text>
<subparagraph id="H0428E2A4F5D448E5A13556D2F730DB80"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Nonprofit scientific and professional societies and organizations that represent one or more STEM
disciplines.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB16AC7CE7E3D42FABC92B31F6396D74D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Nonprofit organizations that have the primary mission of advancing the participation of women or
underrepresented minorities in STEM.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HDBF2243D82E647B6AA53E93B78109394"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Characteristics of workshops</header><text>The workshops shall have the following characteristics:</text>
<subparagraph id="H8BE9F27CB4B448209EE793B5F712DB24"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Invitees to workshops shall include at least—</text>
<clause id="H6E9BFF1BBA6A4EC4A6D6AF22E36DF9CD"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the chairs of departments in the relevant STEM discipline or disciplines from at least the top 50
institutions of higher education, as determined 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 National
Science Foundation; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HCC3AD050CFA9401E84AFA683F64A5F38"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in the case of Federal laboratories, individuals with personnel management responsibilities
comparable to those of an institution of higher education department
chair.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9ECD874E939C4C9381119E8EE7E231E5"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Activities at the workshops shall include research presentations and interactive discussions or
other activities that increase the awareness of the existence of implicit
bias in recruitment, hiring, tenure review, promotion, and other forms of
formal recognition of individual achievement for faculty and other
federally funded STEM researchers and shall provide strategies to overcome
such bias.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2241498CA45040C6994C695E98A9888D"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Research presentations and other workshop programs, as appropriate, shall include a discussion of
the unique challenges faced by underrepresented subgroups, including
minority women, minority men, and first generation minority graduates in
research.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8496E061258F4BA09691B7E37A809B27"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Workshop programs shall include information on best practices for mentoring undergraduate and
graduate women and underrepresented minority students.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HDFFF6554263D4661BD2169523E55B496"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Data on workshops</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any proposal for funding by an organization seeking to carry out a workshop under this subsection
shall include a description of how such organization will—</text>
<subparagraph id="HAB645BAFEECC400E88497F8FA2EFDEFF"><enum>(A)</enum><text>collect data on the rates of attendance by invitees in workshops, including information on the home
institution and department of attendees, and the rank of faculty
attendees;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA3737137BAD14DB7B79B671218763C67"><enum>(B)</enum><text>conduct attitudinal surveys on workshop attendees before and after the workshops; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC436757E015843369468079B40AB09E1"><enum>(C)</enum><text>collect follow-up data on any relevant institutional policy or practice changes reported by
attendees not later than 1 year after attendance in such a workshop.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HCA03CCDAFF454BC1A40EFA5FCAE2A7B3"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Report to NSF</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Organizations receiving funding to carry out workshops under this subsection shall report the data
required in <internal-xref idref="HDFFF6554263D4661BD2169523E55B496" legis-path="7.(c)(7)">paragraph (7)</internal-xref> to the Director of the National Science Foundation in such form as required by such Director.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H228AFD773E6C47309872BD6EAED26EFE"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Report to Congress</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 4 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Director of the National
Science Foundation shall submit a report to Congress that includes—</text>
<paragraph id="H4E2EC1EF4BD14F7DA4F035E280B10C54"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a summary and analysis of the types and frequency of activities and policies developed and carried
out under <internal-xref idref="H47807925BD9B44819D428BCDDF36178E" legis-path="7.(a)">subsection (a)</internal-xref> based on the reports submitted under paragraph (4) of such subsection; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HDBC4214878BF4AA49635A3D02CDD4486"><enum>(2)</enum><text>a description and evaluation of the status and effectiveness of the program of workshops required
under <internal-xref idref="H22128B23C0C44C34B09F9BF0CF94AB2C" legis-path="7.(c)">subsection (c)</internal-xref>, including a summary of any data reported under paragraph (8) of such subsection.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HF9DF9E537FDD4B55A900C30EB5E078A8"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to the Director of the National Science Foundation
$2,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2014 through 2018 to carry out this
section.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="HC73D4B1170084EBBA3CA0BF70ABEDFC0"><enum>218.</enum><header>Research and dissemination at the National Science Foundation</header>
<subsection id="H68C992B8C46346528953BB71891AFE46"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Director of the National Science Foundation shall award research grants and carry out
dissemination activities consistent with the purposes of this subtitle,
including—</text>
<paragraph id="H7DFA174A7D3A49C7B46E23375812AA14"><enum>(1)</enum><text>research grants to analyze the record-level data collected under section 214 and section 216,
consistent with policies to ensure the privacy of individuals identifiable
by such data;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1F7864856E274EEDBA0D7063F82CE3A8"><enum>(2)</enum><text>research grants to study best practices for work-life accommodation;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE830B785FB6B4A16AF3F2288CE57355F"><enum>(3)</enum><text>research grants to study the impact of policies and practices that are implemented under this
subtitle or that are otherwise consistent with the purposes of this
subtitle;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8F248BFC93CB4A07A0ACB2594238DC9A"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">collaboration with other Federal science agencies and professional associations to exchange best
practices, harmonize work-life accommodation policies and practices, and
overcome common barriers to work-life accommodation; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA8B1A1B9CB244D80807EA4E1EE99799D"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">collaboration with institutions of higher education in order to clarify and catalyze the adoption
of a coherent and consistent set of work-life accommodation policies and
practices.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HE2633FB69AF248FB962C03CB544F6340"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There are authorized to be appropriated to the Director of the National Science Foundation
$5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2014 through 2018 to carry out this
section.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H89A5D362D17B47408D84F0F730AAE5B2"><enum>219.</enum><header>Report to Congress</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not later than 4 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Director of the Office of
Science and Technology Policy shall submit a report to Congress that
includes—</text>
<paragraph id="H769406895B17467C83175BD6C849A42D"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a description and evaluation of the status and usage of caregiver policies at all Federal science
agencies, including any recommendations for revising or expanding such
policies;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF96C2444DC474E93B5E645B82DC54D7A"><enum>(2)</enum><text>a description of any significant updates to the policies for review of Federal research grants
required under section 215, and any evidence of the impact of such
policies on the review or awarding of Federal research grants; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H86648995712343A1B5E4500E22BF8D26"><enum>(3)</enum><text>a description and evaluation of the status of Federal laboratory policies and practices required
under section 217(b), including any recommendations for revising or
expanding such policies.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="H692E5370A8484D68A741D33878C56664"><enum>220.</enum><header>National Science Foundation support for increasing diversity among STEM faculty at institutions of
higher education</header>
<subsection id="H1A5529D9334846DC9A702EA176563C3C"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Grants</header><text>The Director of the National Science Foundation shall award grants to institutions of higher
education (or consortia thereof) for the development of innovative reform
efforts designed to increase the recruitment, retention, and advancement
of individuals from underrepresented minority groups in academic STEM
careers.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HD515DFBBD0F5413BB47089003EDAD208"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Merit review; competition</header><text>Grants shall be awarded under this section on a merit-reviewed, competitive basis.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H7FF4423B345E4A6EA96D9B71A307B166"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Use of funds</header><text>Activities supported by grants under this section may include—</text>
<paragraph id="H0D1192362A394CCF81FE8474E208F5E3"><enum>(1)</enum><text>institutional assessment activities, such as data analyses and policy review, in order to identify
and address specific issues in the recruitment, retention, and advancement
of faculty members from underrepresented minority groups;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9874DE4DDEAA4B72A1904724DCDC5D2B"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">implementation of institution-wide improvements in workload distribution, such that faculty members
from underrepresented minority groups are not disadvantaged in the amount
of time available to focus on research, publishing papers, and engaging in
other activities required to achieve tenure status and run a productive
research program;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H793CB9C5ABF34A4D9D2BB7027B74DCDD"><enum>(3)</enum><text>development and implementation of training courses for administrators and search committee members
to ensure that candidates from underrepresented minority groups are not
subject to implicit biases in the search and hiring process;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3B93A1A897AD4B388BE50B2878B39F98"><enum>(4)</enum><text>development and hosting of intra- or inter-institutional workshops to propagate best practices in
recruiting, retaining, and advancing faculty members from underrepresented
minority groups;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H232E1C220E3D400EB0F8FC0B0F20B11A"><enum>(5)</enum><text>professional development opportunities for faculty members from underrepresented minority groups;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4DE5CEDCB8FF4F0FA4EC24623DBA3275"><enum>(6)</enum><text>activities aimed at making undergraduate STEM students from underrepresented minority groups aware
of opportunities for academic careers in STEM fields;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H64D8B64960A04BD899EB0B55C10B5BB5"><enum>(7)</enum><text>activities to identify and engage exceptional graduate students from underrepresented minority
groups at various stages of their studies and to encourage them to enter
academic careers; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H022FB7CEC0404556A1A7822F1BB89F25"><enum>(8)</enum><text>other activities consistent with <internal-xref idref="H1A5529D9334846DC9A702EA176563C3C" legis-path="10.(a)">subsection (a)</internal-xref>, as determined by the Director of the National Science Foundation.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H428350E9B3434F3B83341C6C77B951D9"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Selection process</header>
<paragraph id="HF1A01D28A98F4D22ACA76DFCE56C7526"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Application</header><text>An institution of higher education (or consortia thereof) seeking funding under this section shall
submit an application to the Director of the National Science Foundation
at such time, in such manner, and containing such information and
assurances as such Director may require. The application shall include, at
a minimum, a description of—</text>
<subparagraph id="HF14BCB7BDB6B4D77BA12BAEE45F66760"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the reform effort that is being proposed for implementation by the institution of higher education;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC048D1CC757748A49D41D3B3BB2E6918"><enum>(B)</enum><text>any available evidence of specific difficulties in the recruitment, retention, and advancement of
faculty members from underrepresented minority groups in STEM academic
careers within the institution of higher education submitting an
application, and how the proposed reform effort would address such issues;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF024EAA8420C4EE0B61385DD1E086143"><enum>(C)</enum><text>how the institution of higher education submitting an application plans to sustain the proposed
reform effort beyond the duration of the grant; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF84A0012F8D84F3C808DB6D79919898B"><enum>(D)</enum><text>how the success and effectiveness of the proposed reform effort will be evaluated and assessed in
order to contribute to the national knowledge base about models for
catalyzing institutional change.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HAF85765029DC4239B807FE01FFFB3C19"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Review of applications</header><text>In selecting grant recipients under this section, the Director of the National Science Foundation
shall consider, at a minimum—</text>
<subparagraph id="H00E669140D204B958435E197F67BD1FB"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the likelihood of success in undertaking the proposed reform effort at the institution of higher
education submitting the application, including the extent to which the
administrators of the institution are committed to making the proposed
reform effort a priority;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H75476555AD1B4AA39A8271FA218DE207"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the degree to which the proposed reform effort will contribute to change in institutional culture
and policy such that greater value is placed on the recruitment,
retention, and advancement of faculty members from underrepresented
minority groups;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H845A2147C1ED4BD3BBD5415A73E373F2"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the likelihood that the institution of higher education will sustain or expand the proposed reform
effort beyond the period of the grant; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5A276DAC44EF4D08A99894F311543964"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the degree to which evaluation and assessment plans are included in the design of the proposed
reform effort.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H6DC7BF78FFB44AFCA3C75F4D237B5CFA"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Grant distribution</header><text>The Director of the National Science Foundation shall ensure, to the extent practicable, that
grants awarded under this section are made to a variety of types of
institutions of higher education.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H763E5C7895C243AEA435032495478C1C"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to the Director of the National Science Foundation
$10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2014 through 2018 to carry out this
section.</text>
</subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HEB7A9E97930541A8AB91D90D98A1BC56"><enum>221.</enum><header>National Science Foundation support for broadening participation in undergraduate STEM education</header>
<subsection id="H0D46A9F39316437DA01BBD2C8C6AEB5B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Grants</header><text>The Director of the National Science Foundation shall award grants to institutions of higher
education (or consortia thereof) to implement or expand research-based
reforms in undergraduate STEM education for the purpose of recruiting and
retaining students from minority groups who are underrepresented in STEM
fields, with a priority focus on natural science and engineering fields.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H5A9537E5581840AB827001AFE8A2042A"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Merit review; competition</header><text>Grants shall be awarded under this section on a merit-reviewed, competitive basis.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HDC95CC41517E4EE1A528DD4A41CBA80F"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Use of funds</header><text>Activities supported by grants under this section may include—</text>
<paragraph id="HA0A48BDE8A4C407D97A75F3782FFD2A7"><enum>(1)</enum><text>implementation or expansion of innovative, research-based approaches to broaden participation of
underrepresented minority groups in STEM fields;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF24A3D0B28E84DCBB8B0AA240F7867F4"><enum>(2)</enum><text>implementation or expansion of bridge, cohort, tutoring, or mentoring programs designed to enhance
the recruitment and retention of students from underrepresented minority
groups in STEM fields;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6BF77D6A71B140A2AFD644F4D128B5A2"><enum>(3)</enum><text>implementation or expansion of outreach programs linking institutions of higher education and K–12
school systems in order to heighten awareness among pre-college students
from underrepresented minority groups of opportunities in college-level
STEM fields and STEM careers;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5B8BE7CD14F643ADBC1994DD417002AE"><enum>(4)</enum><text>implementation or expansion of faculty development programs focused on improving retention of
undergraduate STEM students from underrepresented minority groups;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF4B9C930F7A94C2FAFAA7513DCEAE0B4"><enum>(5)</enum><text>implementation or expansion of mechanisms designed to recognize and reward faculty members who
demonstrate a commitment to increasing the participation of students from
underrepresented minority groups in STEM fields;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF300BC793F45411B8823F58A5D552081"><enum>(6)</enum><text>expansion of successful reforms aimed at increasing the number of STEM students from
underrepresented minority groups beyond a single course or group of
courses to achieve reform within an entire academic unit, or expansion of
successful reform efforts beyond a single academic unit to other STEM
academic units within an institution of higher education;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC0514F26D9AC4040B8E9344F885B53A9"><enum>(7)</enum><text>expansion of opportunities for students from underrepresented minority groups to conduct STEM
research in industry, at Federal laboratories, and at international
research institutions or research sites;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB1E39A73B6A74304ADEF3693CCEBA135"><enum>(8)</enum><text>provision of stipends for students from underrepresented minority groups participating in research;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H67D58C0D7A2141668F27D7964021E735"><enum>(9)</enum><text>development of research collaborations between research-intensive universities and primarily
undergraduate minority-serving institutions;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HEBF60D5B14A44174A56D9DEB907B7972"><enum>(10)</enum><text>support for graduate students and postdoctoral fellows from underrepresented minority groups to
participate in instructional or assessment activities at primarily
undergraduate institutions, including primarily undergraduate
minority-serving institutions and two-year institutions of higher
education; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9E6EE27EEED2412984FDBED1CD2952F9"><enum>(11)</enum><text>other activities consistent with <internal-xref idref="H0D46A9F39316437DA01BBD2C8C6AEB5B" legis-path="11.(a)">subsection (a)</internal-xref>, as determined by the Director of the National Science Foundation.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H9FFA806AEB1445D2861AD882956B9947"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Selection process</header>
<paragraph id="H9D074ACA64C046D68333CAB5AEB46341"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Application</header><text>An institution of higher education (or consortium thereof) seeking a grant under this section shall
submit an application to the Director of the National Science Foundation
at such time, in such manner, and containing such information and
assurances as such Director may require. The application shall include, at
a minimum—</text>
<subparagraph id="H06514F4E52ED4815930AAE373F69DC72"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a description of the proposed reform effort;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2017FF36C98F486FA9D0E99A742E6341"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a description of the research findings that will serve as the basis for the proposed reform effort
or, in the case of applications that propose an expansion of a previously
implemented reform, a description of the previously implemented reform
effort, including data about the recruitment, retention, and academic
achievement of students from underrepresented minority groups;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0E91A485EA0C4043B24542E82FEC9216"><enum>(C)</enum><text>evidence of an institutional commitment to, and support for, the proposed reform effort, including
a long-term commitment to implement successful strategies from the current
reform beyond the academic unit or units included in the grant proposal;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9A7006A6FDE349C2A3A63EEC4CFCD286"><enum>(D)</enum><text>a description of existing or planned institutional policies and practices regarding faculty hiring,
promotion, tenure, and teaching assignment that reward faculty
contributions to improving the education of students from underrepresented
minority groups in STEM; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4C1E907733824A9AB586C3F3FC3CDB34"><enum>(E)</enum><text>how the success and effectiveness of the proposed reform effort will be evaluated and assessed in
order to contribute to the national knowledge base about models for
catalyzing institutional change.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H862CA1611E1A492DBCA7D710A752BD4C"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Review of applications</header><text>In selecting grant recipients under this section, the Director of the National Science Foundation
shall consider, at a minimum—</text>
<subparagraph id="H0DBD2DAF16C24ABB97257AA46124D6F2"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the likelihood of success of the proposed reform effort at the institution submitting the
application, including the extent to which the faculty, staff, and
administrators of the institution are committed to making the proposed
institutional reform a priority of the participating academic unit or
units;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6787B7E2B5C04C6DAB0DBFA6C9A6D480"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the degree to which the proposed reform effort will contribute to change in institutional culture
and policy such that greater value is placed on faculty engagement in the
retention of students from underrepresented minority groups;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF7E16DEF0B1D4E79ABAFBE3263BE1573"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the likelihood that the institution will sustain or expand the proposed reform effort beyond the
period of the grant; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3561A256AA3B49008F255C557E042CBB"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the degree to which evaluation and assessment plans are included in the design of the proposed
reform effort.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H6C7D1EA063C3450EAF608A9ADBF37D55"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Priority</header><text>For applications that include an expansion of existing reforms beyond a single academic unit, the
Director of the National Science Foundation shall give priority to
applications for which a senior institutional administrator, such as a
dean or other administrator of equal or higher rank, serves as the
principal investigator.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HDB9D3C2B23D44375A559BDAB3013B00B"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Grant distribution</header><text>The Director of the National Science Foundation shall ensure, to the extent practicable, that
grants awarded under this section are made to a variety of types of
institutions of higher education, including two-year and minority-serving
institutions of higher education.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HF145A33BE00B4918BFC53A23EB323E1C"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Education research</header>
<paragraph id="H451C61D10E824C1DAFB0EF80B27DED81"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>All grants made under this section shall include an education research component that will support
the design and implementation of a system for data collection and
evaluation of proposed reform efforts in order to build the knowledge base
on promising models for increasing recruitment and retention of students
from underrepresented minority groups in STEM education at the
undergraduate level across a diverse set of institutions.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HFDB9FE0B59E2429196F3603D81E803EA"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Dissemination</header><text>The Director of the National Science Foundation shall coordinate with relevant Federal agencies in
disseminating the results of the research under this subsection to ensure
that best practices in broadening participation in STEM education at the
undergraduate level are made readily available to all institutions of
higher education, other Federal agencies that support STEM programs,
non-Federal funders of STEM education, and the general public.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HC3A171E2352B4C55A81A6EBAD2284035"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to the Director of the National Science Foundation
$15,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2014 through 2018 to carry out this
section.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H04CE3FE6F0F04600942C6730F577A8AB"><enum>222.</enum><header>Definitions</header>
<subsection id="HFA6BF3EDBA6E40E382E27F39632FFC51"><enum>(a)</enum><header>This subtitle</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this subtitle:</text>
<paragraph id="HD38CC541A66E432BA62B6265E95228BE"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Federal laboratory</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>Federal laboratory</term> has the meaning given such term in section 4 of the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of
1980 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/3703">15 U.S.C. 3703</external-xref>).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2A1F28500B364FDC92D03F74C028A426"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Federal science agency</header><text>The term <term>Federal science agency</term> means any Federal agency with at least $100,000,000 in research and development expenditures in
fiscal year 2012.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9E8D17E001114F408E07F0A55141DB13"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Institution of higher education</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>institution of higher education</term> has the meaning given such term in section 101(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C.
1001(a)).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H40912DA35716473BAEFC4F50A99EA04D"><enum>(4)</enum><header>STEM</header><text>The term <term>STEM</term> means science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, including computer science.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HB2DA75433C4642849B0626194E397F1F"><enum>(b)</enum><header>National Science Foundation Authorization Act of 2002</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 4 of the National Science Foundation Authorization Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1862n">42 U.S.C. 1862n</external-xref> note) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H7A0D58E25F674BEBBBD0449D4DFEC90D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraph (16) as paragraph (17); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HFA91D0AC623F4DFAB8CEE66686D087A2"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (15) the following new paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF3F4E6E9AA3341B19B2FB7176262D716" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" id="HE1C24432118745D09DC8F5D5FDE5BF34"><enum>(16)</enum><header>STEM</header><text>The term <term>STEM</term> means science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, including computer science.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection></section></subtitle><enum>III</enum><header>NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION</header>
<subtitle id="HF27DE623E5EA4BA18D3B754538BC6653"><enum>A</enum><header>General Provisions</header>
<section id="H4E0812DFCAE94F55ABB262186701E7DD"><enum>301.</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header>
<subsection id="HB08DC3A41386441F8E4708DEBF5A2B2B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Fiscal year 2015</header>
<paragraph id="HAA67ACC8A0CE4BA8B474BCE6FE5469AB"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to the Foundation $7,520,900,000 for fiscal year 2015.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HAD2AAF261ACD49808080C439D70EF1C2"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Specific allocations</header><text>Of the amount authorized under paragraph (1)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HA1956F1189B548D3AA303666AC0B7124"><enum>(A)</enum><text>$6,099,360,000 shall be made available for research and related activities;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9E51263F41AB4665AD62940DF722FBA2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>$888,830,000 shall be made available for education and human resources, of which $62,000,000 shall
be for informal STEM education activities under section 327;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2D3C8579B97D42C189D33BC19FF07ABB"><enum>(C)</enum><text>$200,760,000 shall be made available for major research equipment and facilities construction;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6F7E0C7071B74268B087DA733CDC26A3"><enum>(D)</enum><text>$312,900,000 shall be made available for agency operations and award management;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H713EE76C9D294FCB826F0941787EDAD3"><enum>(E)</enum><text>$4,430,000 shall be made available for the Office of the National Science Board, including salaries
and compensation for members of the Board and staff appointed under
section 4 of the National Science Foundation Act of 1950 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1863">42 U.S.C. 1863</external-xref>),
travel and training costs for members of the Board and such staff, general
and Board operating expenses, representational expenses for the Board,
honorary awards made by the Board, Board reports (other than the report
entitled <quote>Science and Engineering Indicators</quote>), and contracts; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA81FF14E28834B409770A1DE76ED0847"><enum>(F)</enum><text>$14,630,000 shall be made available for the Office of Inspector General.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HAAF6CD78A9BC46CB97834432734B2286"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Fiscal year 2016</header>
<paragraph id="HD186C6B2C5B745698C264947AE745B0A"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to the Foundation $7,885,770,000 for fiscal year 2016.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF6A75C38F0804109BA08024988E425BF"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Specific allocations</header><text>Of the amount authorized under paragraph (1)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HA7DF2CA5F3C7426E9E4FB4899B91C5F1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>$6,404,330,000 shall be made available for research and related activities;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF882A9AC479F44D68F0AE408497D8D11"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$933,270,000 shall be made available for education and human resources, of which $65,100,000 shall
be for informal STEM education activities under section 327;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD5738A2FD6204DE48A2F1B4D51A2D839"><enum>(C)</enum><text>$200,000,000 shall be made available for major research equipment and facilities construction;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8E41A648031347908BFCDBCEF57E795E"><enum>(D)</enum><text>$328,550,000 shall be made available for agency operations and award management;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2BBA1FAEC60844BB89F0110DCBE158BC"><enum>(E)</enum><text>$4,560,000 shall be made available for the Office of the National Science Board, including salaries
and compensation for members of the Board and staff appointed under
section 4 of the National Science Foundation Act of 1950 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1863">42 U.S.C. 1863</external-xref>),
travel and training costs for members of the Board and such staff, general
and Board operating expenses, representational expenses for the Board,
honorary awards made by the Board, Board reports (other than the report
entitled <quote>Science and Engineering Indicators</quote>), and contracts; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6A200B3BA72640928C6B9041E626B5BD"><enum>(F)</enum><text>$15,060,000 shall be made available for the Office of Inspector General.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H6457E1A3D1024E14AFDAF7184490D923"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Fiscal year 2017</header>
<paragraph id="HE0E6DA099A144E08B97A0A18434C3227"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to the Foundation $8,269,670,000 for fiscal year 2017.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H37B74C0744C544D98A6BE71144A08A56"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Specific allocations</header><text>Of the amount authorized under paragraph (1)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H9F45535148D64CF28738F823B6CC74B5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>$6,724,550,000 shall be made available for research and related activities;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9911CBB6B3C643A1A38BDE3B0469564B"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$979,930,000 shall be made available for education and human resources, of which $68,360,000 shall
be for informal STEM education activities under section 327;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9DBCBE4FCD71488FAC947DA634EE444D"><enum>(C)</enum><text>$200,000,000 shall be made available for major research equipment and facilities construction;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB08CD35A2F964D47A31E20BDB04C9116"><enum>(D)</enum><text>$344,970,000 shall be made available for agency operations and award management;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H24C8D40FFA5D40299075E46DD78DCD25"><enum>(E)</enum><text>$4,700,000 shall be made available for the Office of the National Science Board, including salaries
and compensation for members of the Board and staff appointed under
section 4 of the National Science Foundation Act of 1950 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1863">42 U.S.C. 1863</external-xref>),
travel and training costs for members of the Board and such staff, general
and Board operating expenses, representational expenses for the Board,
honorary awards made by the Board, Board reports (other than the report
entitled <quote>Science and Engineering Indicators</quote>), and contracts; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H89B613BE915A4FB589B6F586D4828C27"><enum>(F)</enum><text>$15,520,000 shall be made available for the Office of Inspector General.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HE29D00694BF34793891B216D35CEFAB5"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Fiscal year 2018</header>
<paragraph id="H2E78F568E1D44D3E8FB2B87693AF7A38"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to the Foundation $8,672,740,000 for fiscal year 2018.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE4A42AA7C2ED4BF28521EBE1523074B1"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Specific allocations</header><text>Of the amount authorized under paragraph (1)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H56FDFE1D8C4D4064B2817E7E8A2F08BA"><enum>(A)</enum><text>$7,060,780,000 shall be made available for research and related activities;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5943E938B3914372ACF59CFC7A9F6AF0"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$1,028,930,000 shall be made available for education and human resources, of which $71,770,000
shall be for informal STEM education activities under section 327;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5B2B1E4FCDDF42DD846457074890501B"><enum>(C)</enum><text>$200,000,000 shall be made available for major research equipment and facilities construction;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1AC75B6A3E6447D7ADA421C91C29711A"><enum>(D)</enum><text>$362,220,000 shall be made available for agency operations and award management;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4D7DE79A07974ABA9E95AB549FFCC457"><enum>(E)</enum><text>$4,840,000 shall be made available for the Office of the National Science Board, including salaries
and compensation for members of the Board and staff appointed under
section 4 of the National Science Foundation Act of 1950 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1863">42 U.S.C. 1863</external-xref>),
travel and training costs for members of the Board and such staff, general
and Board operating expenses, representational expenses for the Board,
honorary awards made by the Board, Board reports (other than the report
entitled <quote>Science and Engineering Indicators</quote>), and contracts; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H763CE080D83A4F44A932CF3BC0D3EE9E"><enum>(F)</enum><text>$15,980,000 shall be made available for the Office of Inspector General.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HD6791CFCF0554382BC04F8A6B4342214"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Fiscal year 2019</header>
<paragraph id="H4E513FBB660547D58FED9D5FD981D275"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to the Foundation $9,095,970,000 for fiscal year 2019.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5824CC9C099644708388E54EB1523772"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Specific allocations</header><text>Of the amount authorized under paragraph (1)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HF59813BEE7314AF5A876F422DC0B568C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>$7,413,810,000 shall be made available for research and related activities;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H04FE095A47CE4413AE65F7AFF16C353C"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$1,080,370,000 shall be made available for education and human resources, of which $75,360,000
shall be for informal STEM education activities under section 327;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H351A9057591A4077B28835DB8731AB3B"><enum>(C)</enum><text>$200,000,000 shall be made available for major research equipment and facilities construction;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1452E7D3074F459EA20AE9508D53999E"><enum>(D)</enum><text>$380,330,000 shall be made available for agency operations and award management;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H251D468F35D846A5AE797213B7CA41B8"><enum>(E)</enum><text>$4,980,000 shall be made available for the Office of the National Science Board, including salaries
and compensation for members of the Board and staff appointed under
section 4 of the National Science Foundation Act of 1950 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1863">42 U.S.C. 1863</external-xref>),
travel and training costs for members of the Board and such staff, general
and Board operating expenses, representational expenses for the Board,
honorary awards made by the Board, Board reports (other than the report
entitled <quote>Science and Engineering Indicators</quote>), and contracts; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF88A22F0367D42E3AC238A1A25533934"><enum>(F)</enum><text>$16,460,000 shall be made available for the Office of Inspector General.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H6ADDBC9B02FE46F8B2BD415BED08D733"><enum>302.</enum><header>Sense of Congress on support for all fields of science and engineering</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">It is the sense of Congress that in order to achieve its mission <quote>to promote the progress of science; to advance the national health, prosperity, and welfare; to
secure the national defense …</quote> the National Science Foundation must continue to support unfettered, competitive, merit-reviewed
basic research across all fields of science and engineering, including the
social and behavioral sciences. It is further the sense of Congress that
the Foundation’s process for selecting proposals for funding, which
includes merit review based on both intellectual merit and broader
impacts, remains the gold standard for the world, and that program
officers and division directors at the Foundation play an essential role
in this process.</text>
</section><section id="HE139AA258B194C54AD4867D19521D235"><enum>303.</enum><header>Management and oversight of large facilities</header>
<subsection id="HC7AF59268D8149D4945F5766F603EB3B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Large facilities office</header><text>The Director shall maintain a Large Facilities Office within the Foundation. The functions of the
Large Facilities Office shall be to support the research directorates in
the development and implementation of major research facilities, including
by—</text>
<paragraph id="HFF2EFF64AAE2448897A63349F6414A7A"><enum>(1)</enum><text>serving as the Foundation’s primary resource for all policy or process issues related to the
development and implementation of major research facilities;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2B581625CD6A4D3BBDBD96977D488441"><enum>(2)</enum><text>serving as a Foundation-wide resource on project management, including providing expert assistance
on nonscientific and nontechnical aspects of project planning, budgeting,
implementation, management, and oversight; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H440AE85914D04B2EA5A20E9535D55168"><enum>(3)</enum><text>coordinating and collaborating with research directorates to share best management practices and
lessons learned from prior projects.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HDE266DBC5CBC40798CEBC36EE1104310"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Oversight of large facilities</header><text>The Director shall appoint a senior agency official within the Office of the Director whose primary
responsibility is oversight of major research facilities. The duties of
this official shall include—</text>
<paragraph id="HE1BD879EE909475881BA49D134A40361"><enum>(1)</enum><text>oversight of the development, construction, and operation of major research facilities across the
Foundation;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1715BDA7F72D431B87952EE59EC40953"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in collaboration with the directors of the research directorates and other senior agency officials
as appropriate, ensuring that the requirements of section 14(a) of the
National Science Foundation Authorization Act of 2002 are satisfied;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H146841B3A9254F7E9CF91F9B166BAB82"><enum>(3)</enum><text>serving as a liaison to the National Science Board for approval and oversight of major research
facilities; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HAE036B5443BE4C599508B7EC1E92C9E2"><enum>(4)</enum><text>periodically reviewing and updating as necessary Foundation policies and guidelines for the
development and construction of major research facilities.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HB77BA7D86E7642DB8BD227DACFAB2A08"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Policies for costing large facilities</header>
<paragraph id="H28E9E61F49D64309A63C7950CEC0252E"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Director shall ensure that the Foundation’s policies for developing and managing major research
facility construction costs are consistent with the best practices
described in the March 2009 General Accountability Office Report
GAO–09–3SP.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HEDA9D90D09FF4DE1A993F7B1300C8C0B"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not later than 12 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Director shall submit to
Congress a report describing the Foundation’s policies for developing and
managing major research facility construction costs, including a
description of any aspects of the policies that diverge from the best
practices recommended in General Accountability Office Report GAO–09–3SP.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H5D999CF512B14DF190781FA469045BDC"><enum>304.</enum><header>Data management plans</header>
<subsection id="H52DEE384604544A19689B00D45497A47"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Development of data management policies</header><text>Not later than 6 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Director shall develop and
implement a policy requiring that all proposals for research funding from
the Foundation include a plan for long-term management of data resulting
from such funding.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HC8EEE85926FA4D10B56D208627A58F74"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text>The policy shall—</text>
<paragraph id="HB841EBE7C6884FE4982E971519DBF6FD"><enum>(1)</enum><text>include a clear definition of what constitutes data for the purposes of data management plans;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HEE611F7C5C4A4B26B05FFC5C87EA4340"><enum>(2)</enum><text>include mechanisms to ensure appropriate evaluation of the merits of submitted data management
plans required under this section;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H99367E3FDD624E7F8F43F29945EA3E9B"><enum>(3)</enum><text>include mechanisms to ensure that researchers comply with approved data management plans; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H73457F8A297744F4B4679A581C229028"><enum>(4)</enum><text>allow for the inclusion of appropriate costs for data management in proposals for research grants.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HA1713E935F1E433FA0FAC561B9D5B5DE"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Public databases</header><text>The Foundation shall promote the deposit of data covered under this section in publicly accessible
databases, where appropriate and available.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="HDC168C9118DC4E85BA848BED11BD5E47"><enum>305.</enum><header>Support for potentially transformative research</header>
<subsection id="H302D7ABA33AB45139C160698C26D4B36"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Director shall establish and periodically update grant solicitation, merit review, and funding
policies and mechanisms designed to identify and provide support for
high-risk, high-reward basic research proposals.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H15FC0B9A4DD64CFFBC6E4CDE02393DC5"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Policies and mechanisms</header><text>Such policies and mechanisms may include—</text>
<paragraph id="H084F0B828A30488FA3D75521AFDB2B0C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>development of solicitations specifically for high-risk, high-reward basic research;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF8596CC3339A430DAA6179A48C7C06D3"><enum>(2)</enum><text>establishment of review panels for the primary purpose of selecting high-risk, high-reward
proposals;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H32DD27271D1141A1AEBCC56D89650D67"><enum>(3)</enum><text>development of guidance to standard review panels to encourage the identification and consideration
of high-risk, high-reward proposals; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HFA8C0CDE4135468CBEFEC5A64973B660"><enum>(4)</enum><text>support for workshops and other conferences with the primary purpose of identifying new
opportunities for high-risk, high-reward basic research, especially at
interdisciplinary interfaces.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H6130463F0A644DCFB06EED02765DEA0F"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Definition</header><text>For purposes of this section, the term <quote>high-risk, high-reward basic research</quote> means research driven by ideas that have the potential to radically change our understanding of an
important existing scientific or engineering concept, or leading to the
creation of a new paradigm or field of science or engineering, and that is
characterized by its challenge to current understanding or its pathway to
new frontiers.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="HBED084FDC1864F819648FC71C9058934"><enum>306.</enum><header>Strengthening institutional research partnerships</header>
<subsection id="H4A7EB45A9EA94C589138FB40C6CE87C9"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>For any Foundation research grant, in an amount greater than $5,000,000, to be carried out through
a partnership that includes one or more minority-serving institutions or
predominantly undergraduate institutions and one or more institutions
described in subsection (b), the Director shall award funds directly,
according to the budget justification described in the grant proposal, to
at least two of the institutions of higher education in the partnership,
including at least one minority-serving institution or one predominantly
undergraduate institution, to ensure a strong and equitable partnership.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HA8E77CF5BB804685AB62AC3FE03B2787"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Institutions</header><text>The institutions referred to in subsection (a) are institutions of higher education that are among
the 100 institutions receiving, over the 3-year period immediately
preceding the awarding of grants, the highest amount of research funding
from the Foundation.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H220111AFDBCF4428BF48C72B7833DDA8"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Director shall provide a report
to Congress on institutional research partnerships identified in
subsection (a) funded in the 2 previous fiscal years and make any
recommendations for how such partnerships can continue to be strengthened.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H5AA816EF781342ED8A5C97E0FF2AF01E"><enum>307.</enum><header>Innovation Corps</header>
<subsection id="HF9B89A76B6DF43A9914B906798164F33"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Sense of congress</header><text>It is the sense of Congress that—</text>
<paragraph id="HD4E608686A5A44DBB964907A50C63D4F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the National Science Foundation’s Innovation Corps (I-Corps) was established to foster a national
innovation ecosystem by encouraging institutions, scientists, engineers,
and entrepreneurs to identify and explore the innovation and commercial
potential of Foundation-funded research well beyond the laboratory;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H98D6DAA1888D4AC5969C95DAF3D25870"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the Foundation’s I-Corps includes investments in entrepreneurship and commercialization education,
training, and mentoring, ultimately leading to the practical deployment of
technologies, products, processes, and services that improve the Nation’s
competitiveness, promote economic growth, and benefit society; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H28B30BCCF63F4F0CADF19A46D76B4146"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by building networks of entrepreneurs, educators, mentors, institutions, and collaborations, and
supporting specialized education and training, I-Corps is at the leading
edge of a strong, lasting foundation for an American innovation ecosystem.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H84200375F54D4483BB846F186CF034CF"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Program</header>
<paragraph id="HEB3DBD8C5583484FB8EEABED4C069CF2"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Director shall carry out a program to award grants for entrepreneurship and commercialization
education to Foundation-funded researchers to increase the economic and
social impact of federally funded research.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H14A837879CB246BEB70157F69F6761D5"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Purposes</header><text>The purpose of the program shall be to increase the capacity of STEM researchers and students to
successfully engage in entrepreneurial activities and to help transition
the results of federally funded research into the marketplace by—</text>
<subparagraph id="H958922A8F66A418D9905944DFEEBB1BB"><enum>(A)</enum><text>identifying STEM research that can lead to the practical deployment of technologies, products,
processes, and services that improve the Nation’s economic
competitiveness;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H01EE4095F55445E69E9EB4F568F52E64"><enum>(B)</enum><text>bringing STEM researchers and students together with entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, and other
industry representatives experienced in commercialization of new
technologies;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H17E6C710564446A094AA2E54FB7F8B12"><enum>(C)</enum><text>supporting entrepreneurship and commercialization education and training for faculty, students,
postdoctoral fellows, and other STEM researchers; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H57FB76D7A72F47DFA8604824196C22D5"><enum>(D)</enum><text>promoting the development of regional and national networks of entrepreneurs, venture capitalists,
and other industry representatives who can serve as mentors to researchers
and students at Foundation-funded institutions across the country.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HB3D31A54069341C188B1F03383CE1B9E"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Additional use of funds</header><text>Grants awarded under this subsection may be used to help support—</text>
<subparagraph id="H249CA0ED8F57493D8B1F82DB24103FA1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>prototype and proof-of-concept development for the funded project; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H40CBDE522DF2433DB6AC71EF4DE3E13C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>additional activities needed to build a national infrastructure for STEM entrepreneurship.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H6ECF528872614044B0AE9391B9F27F77"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Other federal agencies</header><text>The Director may establish agreements with other Federal agencies that fund scientific research to
make researchers funded by those agencies eligible to participate in the
Foundation’s Innovation Corps program.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="HAEEFF69A16B244F29D3F5BE0F231B027"><enum>308.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For purposes of this title:</text>
<paragraph id="H712F3643DB044A45A204370DF04888CA"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Director</header><text>The term <quote>Director</quote> means the Director of the Foundation.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD130576C077B43AFA804111CC6C5E4AB"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Foundation</header><text>The term <quote>Foundation</quote> means the National Science Foundation.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HFA26D66F9B144506851958CE94090961"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Institution of higher education</header><text>The term <quote>institution of higher education</quote> has the meaning given such term in section 101(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C.
1001(a)).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1E3AD601F617435FABAC8C3113145926"><enum>(4)</enum><header>STEM</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <quote>STEM</quote> means science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, including computer science.</text>
</paragraph></section></subtitle><subtitle id="H6B1DF3BC85384877B656B92F922C7E1E"><enum>B</enum><header>STEM Education</header>
<section id="HA5E36D260A7A4B3CA945159335504880"><enum>321.</enum><header>National Science Board report on consolidation of STEM education activities at the Foundation</header>
<subsection id="HC36E5D9DE6A44B9ABAEA076CC4011D3A"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The National Science Board shall review and evaluate the appropriateness of the Foundation’s
portfolio of STEM education programs and activities at the pre-K–12 and
undergraduate levels, including informal education, taking into account
the mission of the Foundation and the 2013 Federal STEM Education 5-Year
Strategic Plan.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HA199E728D1424406974EE194B8D3CDEC"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the National Science Board shall
submit to Congress a report summarizing their findings and including—</text>
<paragraph id="HE95F0B041E9B4C6F893CA6C54450D4C4"><enum>(1)</enum><text>an analysis of how well the Foundation’s portfolio of STEM education programs is contributing to
the mission of the Foundation;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC72515D6130840D5870B3ECB0A4DDB10"><enum>(2)</enum><text>an analysis of how well STEM education programs and activities are coordinated and best practices
are shared across the Foundation;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4071E93CCFE241FF889CC2FC6C22D365"><enum>(3)</enum><text>an analysis of how well the Foundation’s portfolio of STEM education programs is aligned with and
contributes to priority STEM education investment areas described in the
2013 Federal STEM Education 5-Year Strategic Plan;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H28E00770984E4F318FAFEB76C73D27F6"><enum>(4)</enum><text>any Board recommendations regarding internal reorganization, including consolidation, of the
Foundation’s STEM education programs and activities, taking into account
both the mission of the Foundation and the 2013 Federal STEM Education
5-Year Strategic Plan;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HEC47CD277C5D4783B480073CFE4A056B"><enum>(5)</enum><text>any Board recommendations regarding the Foundation’s role in helping to implement the Federal STEM
Education 5-Year Strategic Plan, including opportunities for the
Foundation to more effectively partner and collaborate with other Federal
agencies; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC5E95CB8861A48C2A523BED338C595E3"><enum>(6)</enum><text>any additional Board recommendations regarding specific management, policy, budget, or other steps
the Foundation should take to increase effectiveness and accountability
across its portfolio of STEM education programs and activities.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H6B5DBB4FBE5B4FADA5BB1F74B7250F0B"><enum>322.</enum><header>Models for graduate student support</header>
<subsection id="H12A8E69847FB486EAB12D34D2D3CAB21"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Director shall enter into an agreement with the National Research Council to convene a workshop
or roundtable to examine models of Federal support for STEM graduate
students, including the Foundation’s Graduate Research Fellowship program
and comparable fellowship programs at other agencies, traineeship
programs, and the research assistant model.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H119D30DA0B91407BB1C02AB7741DF8C3"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Purpose</header><text>The purpose of the workshop or roundtable shall be to compare and evaluate the extent to which each
of these models helps to prepare graduate students for diverse careers
utilizing STEM degrees, including at diverse types of institutions of
higher education, in industry, and at government agencies and research
laboratories, and to make recommendations regarding—</text>
<paragraph id="HC7D5BE3771074142939D94C28C630BC4"><enum>(1)</enum><text>how current Federal programs and models, including programs and models at the Foundation, can be
improved;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HBB9491D3DA0A4FAFB5F2A6D308653C6A"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the appropriateness of the current distribution of funding among the different models at the
Foundation and across the agencies; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF108111B03C144F5A63C50B1EDBE590E"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the appropriateness of creating a new education and training program for graduate students distinct
from programs that provide direct financial support, including the grants
authorized in section 527 of the America COMPETES Reauthorization Act of
2010 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1862p-15">42 U.S.C. 1862p–15</external-xref>).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H24196A9E6E7B45659303FF271EF37B6A"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Criteria</header><text>At a minimum, in comparing programs and models, the workshop or roundtable participants shall
consider the capacity of such programs or models to provide students with
knowledge and skills—</text>
<paragraph id="H9E4F7B68EB304DB3B1CF27C9C53257C9"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to become independent, creative, successful researchers;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB49BAC0321AA4FCC88032E8E2B07D73C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to participate in large interdisciplinary research projects, including in an international context;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H71E1FC476D3443FABEF5A3857699D9D4"><enum>(3)</enum><text>to adhere to the highest standards for research ethics;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H541D13F1F6DE4B938C675744ADD143DB"><enum>(4)</enum><text>to become high-quality teachers utilizing the most currently available evidence-based pedagogy;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H66F84F95924B40B2B6EFB18633DE8BA3"><enum>(5)</enum><text>in oral and written communication, to both technical and nontechnical audiences;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE7B5305234C743ABB146FBFDCCE20F7A"><enum>(6)</enum><text>in innovation, entrepreneurship, and business ethics; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE84FF97C5B8A4BF4A9C9CEC6A052820F"><enum>(7)</enum><text>in program management.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HF7FCAC1E2A8B4651A5FE4F0D647FDDE8"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Graduate student input</header><text>The participants in the workshop or roundtable shall include current or recent STEM graduate
students.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HA69CA2409417402B92E41D56C2ACF742"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the National Research Council shall
submit to Congress a summary report of the findings and recommendations of
the workshop or roundtable convened under this section.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H5AD4C8F698844580BAA32204A46EFA6D"><enum>323.</enum><header>Undergraduate STEM education reform</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 17 of the National Science Foundation Authorization Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1862n-6">42 U.S.C. 1862n–6</external-xref>) is
amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block id="HD8842C242D144F26B0E164E45ACCA971" style="OLC">
<section id="H18E0A7A9AAB4480B80C1029EAFDDF36E"><enum>17.</enum><header>Undergraduate STEM education reform</header>
<subsection id="H4E4E8705736C4C60A94EB30B4DD024AF"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Director, through the Directorate for Education and Human Resources, shall award grants, on a
competitive, merit-reviewed basis, to institutions of higher education (or
to consortia thereof) and to other eligible nonprofit organizations to
reform undergraduate STEM education for the purpose of increasing the
number and quality of students studying toward and completing
baccalaureate degrees in STEM and improving the STEM learning outcomes for
all undergraduate students.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H701B919648A144BD964F7AEA0FA746F2"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Interdirectorate working group on undergraduate STEM education</header><text>In carrying out the requirements of this section, the Directorate for Education and Human Resources
shall collaborate and coordinate with the Research Directorates, including
through the establishment of an interdirectorate working group on
undergraduate STEM education reform, in order to identify and implement
new and expanded opportunities for collaboration between STEM disciplinary
researchers and education researchers on the reform of undergraduate STEM
education.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HFDCCD08BD81441AE9F6146918F761010"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Grants</header><text>Research and development supported by grants under this section may encompass a single discipline,
multiple disciplines, or interdisciplinary education at the undergraduate
level, and may include—</text>
<paragraph id="HD2A744681299459999FFAEE7345ADC0B"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">research foundational to the improvement of teaching, learning, and retention;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H87354CFBE02844CF8E4C0316D6D4BCE0"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">development, implementation, and assessment of innovative, research-based approaches to
transforming teaching, learning, and retention; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H38BB3B3524574A158CCB84C5F231DAB2"><enum>(3)</enum><text>scaling of successful efforts on learning and learning environments, broadening participation,
workforce preparation, employing emerging technologies, or other reforms
in STEM education, including expansion of successful STEM reform efforts
beyond a single course or group of courses to achieve reform within an
entire academic unit, or expansion of successful reform efforts beyond a
single academic unit to other STEM academic units within an institution or
to comparable academic units at other institutions.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HA7B0753813734D55BFDD4E566A47D3B7"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Selection process</header>
<paragraph id="H861F49AC71A740618BC7D9314D787843"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Applications</header><text>An institution of higher education or other eligible nonprofit organization seeking a grant under
this section shall submit an application to the Director at such time, in
such manner, and containing such information as the Director may require.
In addition to a description of the proposed research, development, or
scaling effort, including a description of the research findings that will
serve as the basis for the proposed effort, applications shall include, at
a minimum—</text>
<subparagraph id="H7714AAF53FBC43BF9228EF0F8363EC00"><enum>(A)</enum><text>evidence of institutional support for, and commitment to, the proposed effort, including long-term
commitment to implement and scale successful strategies resulting from the
current effort;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE585FAFD0CE04349ADB501EB4C44E499"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a description of existing or planned institutional policies and practices regarding faculty hiring,
promotion, tenure, and teaching assignment that reward faculty
contributions to undergraduate STEM education; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9D71F0D607AD49F4AE776D65CA9023AC"><enum>(C)</enum><text>a description of the plans for assessment and evaluation of the effort, including evidence of
participation by individuals with experience in assessment and evaluation
of teaching and learning programs.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H55EFC9B996B14EAB990EBB5522AC1B4D"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Review of applications</header><text>In selecting grant recipients for funding under this section, the Director shall consider, as
appropriate to the scale of the proposed effort—</text>
<subparagraph id="H41361567F81E45F59B090C71C0535D28"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the likelihood of success in undertaking the proposed effort at the institution submitting the
application, including the extent to which the faculty, staff, and
administrators of the institution are committed to making undergraduate
STEM education reform a priority of the participating academic unit or
units;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0E05E58AD7EB4A9090F0A46955CA6DEA"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the degree to which the proposed effort will contribute to change in institutional culture and
policy such that a greater value is placed on faculty engagement in
undergraduate education;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA1B903AB07FD4C7F989EA8B2D0FA0D6B"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the likelihood that the institution will sustain or expand the effort beyond the period of the
grant; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7889786DC5DF439496DB6FF3AAA1E3C4"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the degree to which the proposed effort will contribute to the systematic accumulation of knowledge
on STEM education.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H26C9C4424E3B4A9093DD99CCA6837B8E"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Priority</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Director shall give priority to proposals focused on the first 2 years of undergraduate
education, including STEM education at 2-year institutions of higher
education.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB4545DC0D05F40ED9B608E33352A83B0"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Grant distribution</header><text>The Director shall ensure, to the extent practicable, that grants awarded under this section are
made to a variety of types of institutions of higher education.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="HB05CBB7666C34C238C6B644DE05B6712"><enum>324.</enum><header>Advanced manufacturing education</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 506(b) of the America COMPETES Reauthorization Act of 2010 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1862p-1">42 U.S.C. 1862p–1(b)</external-xref>) is
amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block id="HEAA6C149C2D84877ACDA6D3759832306" style="OLC">
<subsection id="HCC0693A208504273B4AC061419131886"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Advanced manufacturing education</header><text>The Director shall award grants, on a competitive, merit reviewed basis, to community colleges for
the development and implementation of innovative advanced manufacturing
education reforms to ensure an adequate and well-trained advanced
manufacturing workforce. Activities supported by grants under this
subsection may include—</text>
<paragraph id="HB8E27DBBF9B944C1A9679920400DA084"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the development or expansion of educational materials, courses, curricula, strategies, and methods
that will lead to improved advanced manufacturing degree or certification
programs, including the integration of industry standards and workplace
competencies into the curriculum;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6B03284110F74B85A515168DBA6BDF69"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the development and implementation of faculty professional development programs that enhance a
faculty member’s capabilities and teaching skills in advanced
manufacturing, including efforts to understand current advanced
manufacturing technologies and practices;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1C7EC50D71BB4587BF5F99C7EAA06F9D"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the establishment of centers that provide models and leadership in advanced manufacturing education
and serve as regional or national clearinghouses for educational materials
and methods, including in rural areas;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H199547EB826B4A3B9882CBA3A84DCED0"><enum>(4)</enum><text>activities to enhance the recruitment and retention of students into certification and degree
programs in advanced manufacturing, including the provision of improved
mentoring and internship opportunities;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4E3435CA3F0B4F8C86E74EBE375296B0"><enum>(5)</enum><text>the establishment of partnerships with private sector entities to ensure the development of an
advanced manufacturing workforce with the skills necessary to meet
regional economic needs; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HDFF5D309AC07496696BED39E44E6505E"><enum>(6)</enum><text>other activities as determined appropriate by the Director.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="HBBE4546A4E6744B8B26CA9A000A0E014" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>325.</enum><header>STEM education partnerships</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 9 of the National Science Foundation Authorization Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1862n">42 U.S.C. 1862n</external-xref>) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H6AA7A1CD590845BA90C11E84055D9107"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the section heading, by striking <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="OLC">mathematics and science</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="OLC">STEM</header-in-text></quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0495ABBC55BB45819690F529AF0E0AF5"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking <quote>mathematics and science</quote> each place it appears in subsections (a) and (b) and inserting <quote>STEM</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H02086F8E4B6040479D110E98E825F9E1"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>mathematics or science</quote> each place it appears in subsection (a)(3) and (4)(A) and inserting <quote>STEM</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3A39CC9F7E0345E890896D76EC0C6AED"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>mathematics, science, or engineering</quote> in subsection (a)(2)(B) and inserting <quote>STEM</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA47BC7C6EEFA471FAD5C20FA2973C717"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>mathematics, science, and technology</quote> in subsection (a)(3)(B)(ii)(II) and (8) and inserting <quote>STEM</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8A51DB674D9042CBB7B059B1F9D3C914"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>professional mathematicians, scientists, and engineers</quote> in subsection (a)(3)(F) and inserting <quote>STEM professionals</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1E6E4B1B8ADF4202B034EED05D1ECECC"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>mathematicians, scientists, and engineers</quote> in subsection (a)(3)(J) and (M) and inserting <quote>STEM professionals</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H32F7D751E1BB4913941AA19C49EDC3A4"><enum>(8)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>scientists, technologists, engineers, or mathematicians</quote> in subsection (a)(8) and inserting <quote>STEM professionals</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC6943708B8B94079BC72A1531AE56C50"><enum>(9)</enum><text>by striking <quote>science, technology, engineering, and mathematics</quote> each place it appears in subsection (a)(3)(K) and (10) and inserting <quote>STEM</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H349F7241043941D887FAFADF0752FB0F"><enum>(10)</enum><text>by striking <quote>science, technology, engineering, or mathematics</quote> in subsection (a)(10)(A)(ii)(II) and inserting <quote>STEM</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H317EF4C7C4F7496095C1CC45766BCDCA"><enum>(11)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>science, mathematics, engineering, and technology</quote> each place it appears in subsection (a)(5) and inserting <quote>STEM</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H692F6E3C47B540E8A2CA9D65B6E633F7"><enum>(12)</enum><text>by striking <quote>science, mathematics, engineering, or technology</quote> in subsection (a)(5) and inserting <quote>STEM</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE9FEA0B2C8A34C8785BDBD5B623DBC1B"><enum>(13)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>mathematics, science, engineering, and technology</quote> in subsection (b)(1) and (2) and inserting <quote>STEM</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H696F8E438F344EE686F4B5B98D9940AF"><enum>(14)</enum><text>by striking subsection (d).</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="H2162329E554744399D1B70C39F5A113F" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>326.</enum><header>Noyce scholarship program amendments</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 10A of the National Science Foundation Authorization Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1862n-1a">42 U.S.C. 1862n–1a</external-xref>) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HFA788228FD124C6DA47BD82E7430B4C1"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (a)(2)(B), by inserting <quote>or bachelor’s</quote> after <quote>master’s</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8D6FAFE78FD74933BCFD750803C15650"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (c)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HC60FF7C9FF91494DB7794AAF42DA7726"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end of paragraph (2)(B);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HEE470719097E460E9E95DE88926B38B8"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (3), by—</text>
<clause id="H01587E32D80A4ED3BC5382813EF2AADB"><enum>(i)</enum><text>inserting <quote>for teachers with master’s degrees in their field</quote> after <quote>Teaching Fellowships</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HB384F089244E4D7E94B02935B74E6091"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking the period at the end of subparagraph (B) and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H143F76B73D7D4D53A2C7D62BB4433E5F"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following new paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H02FCCB5B1DAF48109F85FA09085F8DA4" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H6BF28C3173704C108AA5D6149EF6D6CC"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the case of National Science Foundation Master Teaching Fellowships for teachers with bachelor’s
degrees in their field—</text>
<subparagraph id="H6100BB620067416DAADE0EE0788E3C8A"><enum>(A)</enum><text>offering academic courses leading to a master’s degree and leadership training to prepare
individuals to become master teachers in elementary and secondary schools;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2AB642DF289C4D6697B10C5B75545111"><enum>(B)</enum><text>offering programs both during and after matriculation in the program for which the fellowship is
received to enable fellows to become highly effective mathematics and
science teachers, including mentoring, training, induction, and
professional development activities, to fulfill the service requirements
of this section, including the requirements of subsection (e), and to
exchange ideas with others in their fields.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H9CD42BFDE7A84186A67FCFC51896DA33"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (e), by striking <quote>subsection (g)</quote> and inserting <quote>subsection (h)</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5FA11ECFE42A4AE9AF8F74C712635496"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by adding after subsection (f) the following new subsection:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF3E2E50264334C17B2855D1C08A91D0A" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H18AF56B7FAC34EE09F0FF8DAD9065E26"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Support for Master Teaching Fellows while enrolled in a master’s degree program</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A National Science Foundation Master Teacher Fellow may receive a maximum of 1 year of fellowship
support while enrolled in a master’s degree program as described in
subsection (c)(4)(A), except that if such fellow is enrolled in a
part-time program, such amount shall be prorated according to the length
of the program.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="H080984AC819749E5965AA0194BB7A6CB"><enum>327.</enum><header>Informal STEM education</header>
<subsection id="H415095D202B04F73BEED35A4605C2F84"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Grants</header><text>The Director, through the Directorate for Education and Human Resources, shall continue to award
competitive, merit-reviewed grants to support—</text>
<paragraph id="H2D7B94D67E2D427AAEA64A2E4099766F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>research and development of innovative out-of-school STEM learning and emerging STEM learning
environments in order to improve STEM learning outcomes and engagement in
STEM; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2484470CDE4F4DF28F4B98D6CB141AA4"><enum>(2)</enum><text>research that advances the field of informal STEM education.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H266FDD5FCF7441A08467BFEAF6CDC324"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Uses of funds</header><text>Activities supported by grants under this section may encompass a single STEM discipline, multiple
STEM disciplines, or integrative STEM initiatives and shall include—</text>
<paragraph id="HB0008949F0514970910843E094A0E3E0"><enum>(1)</enum><text>research and development that improves our understanding of learning and engagement in informal
environments, including the role of informal environments in broadening
participation in STEM; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7F6DC59B436E48FEB4E7C78EC7614370"><enum>(2)</enum><text>design and testing of innovative STEM learning models, programs, and other resources for informal
learning environments to improve STEM learning outcomes and increase
engagement for K–12 students, K–12 teachers, and the general public,
including design and testing of the scalability of models, programs, and
other resources.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="HC8D0AD83A6BB42C5A75CABAF34175C4B"><enum>328.</enum><header>Research and development to support improved K–12 learning</header>
<subsection id="HF9C9D08A04764943863FCCBFAE1205F0"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Director, acting through the Directorate for Education and Human Resources, shall award
competitive, merit-reviewed grants to support research and development on
alignment, implementation, impact, and ongoing improvement of standards
and equivalent learning expectations used by States in mathematics,
science, and, as appropriate, other State-based STEM standards.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H48B9C73E9520427B943E182436056B34"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Research areas</header><text>In making awards under this section, the Director shall consider proposals for research and
development, including, as appropriate, large-scale research and
development, of—</text>
<paragraph id="H55F90323647F40BDBF675684B2495FC1"><enum>(1)</enum><text>resources, including virtual resources such as web portals, for content, professional development,
and research results;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4B3B8B24B62E4348B9BD73ADF4A0806E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>teacher education and professional development;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD1CFB5778725404C95989DF18D5659EB"><enum>(3)</enum><text>learning progressions;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF4469EA87341452FB96E0F3E7A450801"><enum>(4)</enum><text>assessments;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H426859317F254709961F742F988AF9B8"><enum>(5)</enum><text>metrics for evaluating the impact of standards; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4F2F314AE4E24853950FA4BB0A1343F7"><enum>(6)</enum><text>other areas of research and development that are likely to contribute to the alignment,
implementation, impact, and ongoing improvement of standards in STEM
subjects.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section></subtitle><enum>IV</enum><header>NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY</header>
<section id="H1E1A6746F52E419E906F93188A04361C"><enum>401.</enum><header>Short title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This title may be cited as the <quote><short-title>National Institute of Standards and Technology Authorization Act of 2014</short-title></quote>.</text>
</section><section id="H913CDBA5F4884A1D9F7BAA0C283C4046"><enum>402.</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header>
<subsection id="H329873EBA2884A358529197F53C5FE11"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Fiscal year 2015</header>
<paragraph id="HFAFEEBD0504E4CF08F5E7619BCB92A85"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of Commerce $892,500,000 for the National
Institute of Standards and Technology for fiscal year 2015.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HBD9E4F4F5AA9440E86D9888C9E5414AD"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Specific allocations</header><text>Of the amount authorized by paragraph (1)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HBD0218670E9F4E21972DD82E449E4ED0"><enum>(A)</enum><text>$683,550,000 shall be authorized for scientific and technical research and services laboratory
activities;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF3630DDB1DE0442BAF40BC6D78F42886"><enum>(B)</enum><text>$58,800,000 shall be authorized for the construction and maintenance of facilities; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0EDF6D5461B543239EB604E40ADE5DD9"><enum>(C)</enum><text>$150,150,000 shall be authorized for industrial technology services activities, of which—</text>
<clause id="HB90FF279754645F9BC52D49D10A8E50F"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$134,400,000 shall be authorized for the Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership under section
25 of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Act (15 U.S.C.
278k) and the program under section 26 of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/278l">15 U.S.C. 278l</external-xref>), of
which not more than $20,000,000 shall be for the competitive grant program
under section 25(f) of such Act; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H48B77AA192F94477B1376E259B9B3397"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$15,750,000 shall be authorized for the Advanced Manufacturing Technology Consortia program
established under section 33 of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/278r">15 U.S.C. 278r</external-xref>).</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H8135403128024234810923B1300D98FE"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Fiscal year 2016</header>
<paragraph id="H81B7C218E1E04CD68B9BA12DC28D57BA"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of Commerce $937,130,000 for the National
Institute of Standards and Technology for fiscal year 2016.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9F7D0171344C474D86446AB27B7FD1D2"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Specific allocations</header><text>Of the amount authorized by paragraph (1)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H73F00565374F4507BE130E1426CFD4D5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>$717,730,000 shall be authorized for scientific and technical research and services laboratory
activities;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H06D02CC06CED43E5960FD24319BD718F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>$61,740,000 shall be authorized for the construction and maintenance of facilities; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H850B49BF504C4B1F8B3AF8397256BA8E"><enum>(C)</enum><text>$157,660,000 shall be authorized for industrial technology services activities, of which—</text>
<clause id="HB5102BE721564092BE4251AD9FBEDA8D"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$141,120,000 shall be authorized for the Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership under section
25 of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Act (15 U.S.C.
278k) and the program under section 26 of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/278l">15 U.S.C. 278l</external-xref>), of
which not more than $20,000,000 shall be for the competitive grant program
under section 25(f) of such Act; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HE19DBE6C4D594AED9C262D13E951E1B8"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$16,540,000 shall be authorized for the Advanced Manufacturing Technology Consortia program
established under section 33 of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/278r">15 U.S.C. 278r</external-xref>).</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H1E568432E4AA4F6FA042FB0A98189210"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Fiscal year 2017</header>
<paragraph id="H19437D0222664EBBB0DA1C84D1DEC098"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of Commerce $983,980,000 for the National
Institute of Standards and Technology for fiscal year 2017.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9F98BB04F9464693B969DD79FE01AA89"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Specific allocations</header><text>Of the amount authorized by paragraph (1)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H102AE4C1B612470E8F938A24EB084F9C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>$753,610,000 shall be authorized for scientific and technical research and services laboratory
activities;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC6CFC2BA6CF4491FBFE5804FAEDC2858"><enum>(B)</enum><text>$64,830,000 shall be authorized for the construction and maintenance of facilities; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HAB116246FBFE466E91DDFCB0070ED519"><enum>(C)</enum><text>$165,540,000 shall be authorized for industrial technology services activities, of which—</text>
<clause id="H884C538B00314BA5989D9A39DA17E1A5"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$148,180,000 shall be authorized for the Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership under section
25 of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Act (15 U.S.C.
278k) and the program under section 26 of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/278l">15 U.S.C. 278l</external-xref>), of
which not more than $20,000,000 shall be for the competitive grant program
under section 25(f) of such Act; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H006CFED08C644A7A9CC603027395A789"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>$17,360,000 shall be authorized for the Advanced Manufacturing Technology Consortia program
established under section 33 of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/278r">15 U.S.C. 278r</external-xref>).</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H6AF8A69C199E41AEADD5BF55D22A7CBF"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Fiscal year 2018</header>
<paragraph id="H95310EC26EE04107A14E71839B2D31C3"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of Commerce $1,033,180,000 for the
National Institute of Standards and Technology for fiscal year 2018.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5EB9F9590906446BB77BBC60E2D7B5C6"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Specific allocations</header><text>Of the amount authorized by paragraph (1)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HF02808CB4AD74CB39FE0E900CB1B32B7"><enum>(A)</enum><text>$791,290,000 shall be authorized for scientific and technical research and services laboratory
activities;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H77342D00FAE14291AF88E70C1FDE1AA6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>$68,070,000 shall be authorized for the construction and maintenance of facilities; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H75CE7AE353B148D2AF01537FBCADF7AA"><enum>(C)</enum><text>$173,820,000 shall be authorized for industrial technology services activities, of which—</text>
<clause id="H08DE3E4E04324F7B8ED2D5D1437537CC"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$155,580,000 shall be authorized for the Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership under section
25 of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Act (15 U.S.C.
278k) and the program under section 26 of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/278l">15 U.S.C. 278l</external-xref>), of
which not more than $20,000,000 shall be for the competitive grant program
under section 25(f) of such Act; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HFF13B4F9D5A74E3A99A8C1913E427129"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$18,230,000 shall be authorized for the Advanced Manufacturing Technology Consortia program
established under section 33 of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/278r">15 U.S.C. 278r</external-xref>).</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H6C50FF1CC8234AA9B614CEC38945019F"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Fiscal year 2019</header>
<paragraph id="HBA28269FA82E455EA6FEBA576968EC80"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of Commerce $1,084,840,000 for the
National Institute of Standards and Technology for fiscal year 2019.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H93BE5A0AF3C54D768F62ACEE882CB1F4"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Specific allocations</header><text>Of the amount authorized by paragraph (1)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HBE2A7DF89D714FE38053D6365763EA0E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>$830,860,000 shall be authorized for scientific and technical research and services laboratory
activities;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6E7C3FAB3B634CB482F5489828F80D6E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>$71,470,000 shall be authorized for the construction and maintenance of facilities; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0A35E924079A438C99A80C16E8C5FA9B"><enum>(C)</enum><text>$182,510,000 shall be authorized for industrial technology services activities, of which—</text>
<clause id="H5BA71C9981434F70911AF2AFADC29CD4"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$163,360,000 shall be authorized for the Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership under section
25 of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Act (15 U.S.C.
278k) and the program under section 26 of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/278l">15 U.S.C. 278l</external-xref>), of
which not more than $20,000,000 shall be for the competitive grant program
under section 25(f) of such Act; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H85F0D4DC14A64CCD8C46A8FBD9FDC073"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$19,140,000 shall be authorized for the Advanced Manufacturing Technology Consortia program
established under section 33 of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/278r">15 U.S.C. 278r</external-xref>).</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H3D4551DFA28149F789B21683271DEA34"><enum>403.</enum><header>Advanced manufacturing technology consortia</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 33 of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/278r">15 U.S.C. 278r</external-xref>) is amended to
read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block id="H05854865F9FB4EA5BD64C137AB676F1F" style="OLC">
<section id="HDAF18236473C40A1A71D20EBC2AFE4AF"><enum>33.</enum><header>Advanced manufacturing technology consortia</header>
<subsection id="H5F207A09D79349958F69EC2463A18702"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Authority</header>
<paragraph id="H9DEE551038724E6A972577C252284D00"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Director shall carry out a program to facilitate the development of and provide support to
industry-led consortia that will identify, prioritize, and address
long-term, precompetitive industrial research needs in the area of
advanced manufacturing.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0A7951916E56436BACE79B2BBF04AC34"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Program objectives</header><text>The objectives of the program established under this section include the following:</text>
<subparagraph id="HCFCF324F3D3C4F3E82F3B0CF5EF1EF9F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>To promote collective public-private efforts to develop key technology platforms and infrastructure
for advanced manufacturing.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0DEDAB0E9975401BA169A9F0BF5C93A3"><enum>(B)</enum><text>To enable the prioritization of public research portfolios to be more responsive to the long-term
technology development needs of industry.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3BDBC0D16C0A4FF3AA45EA749B9DE56C"><enum>(C)</enum><text>To leverage Federal investment in advanced manufacturing with shared investment by the private
sector.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3E64D4F268CC41E1979049A8923DC69F"><enum>(D)</enum><text>To increase industrial research and development investment in precompetitive technology platforms
and infrastructure.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD456D25A5CF6423589953BC8F006BB4F"><enum>(E)</enum><text>To accelerate technological innovation in advanced manufacturing.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDCF7B31527A348A580B47E5593E8C12C"><enum>(F)</enum><text>To foster broad participation by industry, the Federal Government, institutions of higher
education, and State, local, and tribal governments in advanced
manufacturing research and development.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H576FA6F86D1148FABCCB0E3E2054B3C0"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Activities</header><text>As part of the program established under this section, the Director shall—</text>
<paragraph id="H49697D0223A945CD9EBEA8B42CC07A9B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>support the formation of industry-led consortia composed of representatives from industry
(including small and medium-sized manufacturers), institutions of higher
education, the Federal Government, State, local, and tribal governments,
and other entities, as appropriate;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF6D8E0ACA08143469E083BAB2E988337"><enum>(2)</enum><text>collaborate with consortia participants in the development of technology roadmaps that identify
research needs in the area of advanced manufacturing;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H18F3096DEE5B49C795EFDB1AC81F8CE3"><enum>(3)</enum><text>support precompetitive research directed at meeting the research needs identified in the roadmaps
developed under paragraph (2);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H26546E1D3B8245C7B1D7EF6ED892D5BA"><enum>(4)</enum><text>promote the transfer of precompetitive technology platforms and infrastructure resulting from
consortia research to the private sector and facilitate open access to the
intellectual property underpinning those platforms and technology; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9B87F9B0F61F44ECBFBFFC7132AAA0A6"><enum>(5)</enum><text>facilitate the development of new technologies into commercial products.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H70EF079A3989463AB6E46DC2EDA1DE2C"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Selection criteria</header><text>In selecting applications for awards under this section, the Director shall consider, at a minimum—</text>
<paragraph id="HBBE5ED3AAB4F45C5AEE62DC2D1692323"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the degree to which the activities proposed under the consortia will broadly impact manufacturing,
including regional manufacturing efforts, and increase the productivity
and economic competitiveness of the United States;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H18C4C04E28A8485CAF93603DC554BDE3"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the level of technical risk to be addressed by the consortia;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3089A58080344F2D993D1AE47B2B1F55"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the potential to produce fundamental new knowledge; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H17F7C12DDF324E87B7B7951C773AC7B2"><enum>(4)</enum><text>the likelihood that the consortia will become self-sustaining, if appropriate.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="H6121DC24AF9741CCBEFFE21C5E5821E1"><enum>404.</enum><header>Network for manufacturing innovation</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The National Institute of Standards and Technology Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/271">15 U.S.C. 271 et seq.</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HCE427C4D09B246388BB8F62B1D08926B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating section 34 as section 36; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD0751D530ED44B418AA51F7D58E27201"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting after section 33 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/278r">15 U.S.C. 278r</external-xref>) the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="HAEAD98474BF84266AF95448C4F53EEBF" style="OLC">
<section id="H8AB3C76753F8407DABA095EF6DF1B675"><enum>34.</enum><header>Network for manufacturing innovation</header>
<subsection id="H6082EA97973143CAA9C8C0C5D790C730"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment of network for manufacturing innovation program</header>
<paragraph id="HD03DC293CDD847AD831B7AC2B60E750A"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall establish within the Institute a program to be known as the <quote>Network for Manufacturing Innovation Program</quote> (referred to in this section as the <quote>Program</quote>).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6AF97642589D4C678F2E0973BB8C35E7"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Purposes of program</header><text>The purposes of the Program are—</text>
<subparagraph id="H1B806FBA298544D5846EB1B6570A53B5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to improve the competitiveness of United States manufacturing and to increase domestic production;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HCDEA823E2DEC4CC0BDDBF3AF098C1604"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to stimulate United States leadership in advanced manufacturing research, innovation, and
technology;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3397BFDF487D4091BE60D7C27EF7DC5D"><enum>(C)</enum><text>to facilitate the transition of innovative technologies into scalable, cost-effective, and
high-performing manufacturing capabilities;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0D682DDFA690467AB5D5028B976CC157"><enum>(D)</enum><text>to facilitate access by manufacturing enterprises to capital-intensive infrastructure, including
high-performance computing, in order to improve the speed with which such
enterprises commercialize new processes and technologies;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF108545A764C4D469D7DBC4D4DBB6E50"><enum>(E)</enum><text>to accelerate the development of an advanced manufacturing workforce;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF59942F9A9BF44DBA70B1BEE88C004CD"><enum>(F)</enum><text>to facilitate peer exchange of and the documentation of best practices in addressing advanced
manufacturing challenges; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8ECC22CC05A8494AA107465F0DA9A1DA"><enum>(G)</enum><text>to leverage non-Federal sources of support to promote a stable and sustainable business model
without the need for long-term Federal funding.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HC0B1001ACF62481DAB0CAFFCEE9C5AD4"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Support</header><text>The Secretary, acting through the Director, shall carry out the purposes set forth in paragraph (2)
by supporting—</text>
<subparagraph id="HCD4E1E188804494BA286128088073D11"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the Network for Manufacturing Innovation established under subsection (b); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8DCD0EA3F2B442968C30BCBCE6A79CBE"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the establishment of centers for manufacturing innovation.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H9D4E966A9AE24A2EB325DF87F98D09E2"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Director</header><text>The Secretary shall carry out the Program through the Director.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H6480D44099474F4AA0365539CBB914FA"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Establishment of network for manufacturing innovation</header>
<paragraph id="H44EEADFF985B4E598E370486C4ABF23D"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>As part of the Program, the Secretary shall establish a network of centers for manufacturing
innovation.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H492F2A009F5F444DB3A5CB66925F10DB"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Designation</header><text>The network established under paragraph (1) shall be known as the <quote>Network for Manufacturing Innovation</quote> (referred to in this section as the <quote>Network</quote>).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H4B2D43B609714BDFB401122568C5D1A8"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Centers for manufacturing innovation</header>
<paragraph id="HD4D35690338545FEA080660B85BB62CD"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>For purposes of this section, a <quote>center for manufacturing innovation</quote> is a center that—</text>
<subparagraph id="HB58D7B6D48534E1C97D28C1C4E528026"><enum>(A)</enum><text>has been established by a person to address challenges in advanced manufacturing and to assist
manufacturers in retaining or expanding industrial production and jobs in
the United States;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE73BCD1E0F424B17848A3309E7FB0F0A"><enum>(B)</enum><text>has a predominant focus on a manufacturing process, novel material, enabling technology, supply
chain integration methodology, or another relevant aspect of advanced
manufacturing, as determined by the Secretary, with the potential—</text>
<clause id="H41591341F978440A8D965F35E07B22D9"><enum>(i)</enum><text>to improve the competitiveness of United States manufacturing;</text>
</clause><clause id="H5A1C480A40D0420196234C2893DAB3F8"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>to accelerate investment in advanced manufacturing production capacity in the United States; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HF7F7D27C1B224E81AEAC39AE07D20EE7"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>to enable the commercial application of new technologies or industry-wide manufacturing processes;
and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H03FB42D5D0784F6CB58F0E8CB8956514"><enum>(C)</enum><text>includes active participation among representatives from multiple industrial entities, research
universities, community colleges, and such other entities as the Secretary
considers appropriate, which may include career and technical education
schools, Federal laboratories, State, local, and tribal governments,
businesses, educational institutions, and nonprofit organizations.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HA804360714C54635BB83A3EFCF1D6CBF"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Activities</header><text>Activities of a center for manufacturing innovation may include the following:</text>
<subparagraph id="HBA438581E58C4CBA8D9BD494F3BDAC4B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Research, development, and demonstration projects, including proof-of-concept development and
prototyping, to reduce the cost, time, and risk of commercializing new
technologies and improvements in existing technologies, processes,
products, and research and development of materials to solve
pre-competitive industrial problems with economic or national security
implications.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF38501867E4F45E589ABE817FC72BA51"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Development and implementation of education and training courses, materials, and programs.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5A2FBB6FE9CB45C8A6AF5AEC8A508B41"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Development of innovative methodologies and practices for supply chain integration and introduction
of new technologies into supply chains.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H043287E717FE40EDB7A43674B4DC0DF6"><enum>(D)</enum><text>Outreach and engagement with small and medium-sized manufacturing enterprises, in addition to large
manufacturing enterprises.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3A0EDC903737439987E31B2631650683"><enum>(E)</enum><text>Such other activities as the Secretary, in consultation with Federal departments and agencies whose
missions contribute to or are affected by advanced manufacturing,
considers consistent with the purposes described in subsection (a)(2).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H13AFF9C79E994BF98D322653E4B7B3AA"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Additional centers for manufacturing innovation</header><text>The National Additive Manufacturing Innovation Institute and pending manufacturing centers under
interagency review shall be considered centers for manufacturing
innovation.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H676B5F73E89846CC8E397DA9379506FA"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Financial assistance To establish and support centers for manufacturing innovation</header>
<paragraph id="H6F0D8EA34B284796A44F3997482B32A4"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>In carrying out the Program, the Secretary shall award financial assistance to a person to assist
the person in planning, establishing, or supporting a center for
manufacturing innovation.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD70E24DF2804490898D736F8D66AA3C3"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Application</header><text>A person seeking financial assistance under paragraph (1) shall submit to the Secretary an
application therefor at such time, in such manner, and containing such
information as the Secretary may require.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HAC812FFF31204F1FB2E2B569EE32BC34"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Open process</header><text>In soliciting applications for financial assistance under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall ensure
an open process that will allow for the consideration of all applications
relevant to advanced manufacturing regardless of technology area.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H12AA5D07A5E644E3BE71CC9D4618EDDC"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Selection</header>
<subparagraph id="H95106F33E8454E46A5AEC3264165DD9D"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Competitive, merit review</header><text>In awarding financial assistance under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall use a competitive, merit
review process.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1D78FF37C7FF46D4B1E548B0BF26E921"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Collaboration</header><text>In awarding financial assistance under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall, acting through the
National Program Office established under subsection (e)(1), collaborate
with Federal departments and agencies whose missions contribute to or are
affected by advanced manufacturing.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2DC9F0A393E9464FA4593192B8875A20"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Considerations</header><text>In selecting a person who submitted an application under paragraph (2) for an award of financial
assistance under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall consider, at a
minimum, the following:</text>
<clause id="HB0784855E99A46C99315D4776310D17C"><enum>(i)</enum><text>The potential of the center for manufacturing innovation to advance domestic manufacturing and the
likelihood of economic impact in the predominant focus areas of the center
for manufacturing innovation.</text>
</clause><clause id="H59B439DB872A4F27BD94A766D79093EE"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>The commitment of continued financial support, advice, participation, and other contributions from
non-Federal sources to provide leverage and resources to promote a stable
and sustainable business model without the need for long-term Federal
funding.</text>
</clause><clause id="H89A83F8B31F643479905FDD96CB1F4C6"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>How the center for manufacturing innovation will engage with small and medium-sized manufacturing
enterprises, to improve the capacity of such enterprises to commercialize
new processes and technologies.</text>
</clause><clause id="HE87E22A296AA4E05AF5D12532360D842"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>How the center for manufacturing innovation will carry out educational and workforce activities
that meet industrial needs related to the predominant focus areas of the
center for manufacturing innovation.</text>
</clause><clause id="H2FCD51E21E29467BB93713CA1338ADAC"><enum>(v)</enum><text>How the center for manufacturing innovation will advance economic competitiveness.</text>
</clause><clause id="HE35D3BA34DE441B8965DE260EC907938"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>How the center for manufacturing innovation will strengthen and leverage the assets of a region.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HB223650D8D09443A81222E16224094E7"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Limitation on period for awards</header><text>No award of financial assistance may be made under paragraph (1) to a center of manufacturing
innovation after the 7-year period beginning on the date on which the
Secretary first awards financial assistance to a center under such
paragraph.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HCDD149027B664DDC89496F61FB55D9AB"><enum>(e)</enum><header>National program office</header>
<paragraph id="H609CE06A90E54833AA3C2D07D0D6432A"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall establish or designate, within the Institute, an Advanced Manufacturing
National Program Office (referred to in this section as the <quote>National Program Office</quote>), which shall oversee and carry out the Program.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H53986DD8A9B24DB7AEFAA81D7893717A"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Functions</header><text>The functions of the National Program Office are—</text>
<subparagraph id="H2A1DAFF9F7DD4DB39D2B5F5CEAC2F708"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to oversee the planning, management, and coordination of the Program;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3D0050A35EF246AC94A9512F4C161E7A"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to enter into memorandums of understanding with Federal departments and agencies, whose missions
contribute to or are affected by advanced manufacturing, to carry out the
purposes described in subsection (a)(2);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6276B871A4A74A749A20EF8E520EEE01"><enum>(C)</enum><text>to develop, not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of the <short-title>National Institute of Standards and Technology Authorization Act of 2014</short-title>, and update not less frequently than once every 3 years thereafter, a strategic plan to guide the
Program;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2CF96FA869FE4A8BBB3877B838E8A592"><enum>(D)</enum><text>to establish such procedures, processes, and criteria as may be necessary and appropriate to
maximize cooperation and coordinate of the activities of the Program with
programs and activities of other Federal departments and agencies whose
missions contribute to or are affected by advanced manufacturing;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H29CED2396D96435B9730A8BAD7BF6987"><enum>(E)</enum><text>to establish a clearinghouse of public information related to the activities of the Program; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HAA6761778F4D4518AA523158FEA9E8D9"><enum>(F)</enum><text>to act as a convener of the Network.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HF98325D23B944E2AA536468B85C9BD45"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Recommendations</header><text>In developing and updating the strategic plan under paragraph (2)(C), the Secretary shall solicit
recommendations and advice from a wide range of stakeholders, including
industry, small and medium-sized manufacturing enterprises, research
universities, community colleges, and other relevant organizations and
institutions.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H64DF89E92C9F43CCAC8D77066A7F45A4"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Report to Congress</header><text>The Secretary shall transmit the strategic plan required under paragraph (2)(C) to the Committee on
Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on
Science, Space, and Technology of the House of Representatives.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9FC939407F8248EC9C17B69F33D42E77"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership</header><text>The Secretary shall ensure that the National Program Office incorporates the Hollings Manufacturing
Extension Partnership into Program planning to ensure that the results of
the Program reach small and medium-sized entities.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HBE056FF2D0284042BA921FD8EE9EAA15"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Detailees</header><text>Any Federal Government employee may be detailed to the National Program Office without
reimbursement. Such detail shall be without interruption or loss of civil
service status or privilege.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HEA87B8F2E6794C2BA36B368C3279692D"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Reporting and auditing</header>
<paragraph id="H2D9D10BCDBC147FF8A6CBFE1495B9061"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Annual reports to the Secretary</header>
<subparagraph id="HD94895565E1C431F8AFA73D72D6CA68A"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall require recipients of financial assistance under subsection (d)(1) to annually
submit a report to the Secretary that describes the finances and
performance of the center for manufacturing innovation for which such
assistance was awarded.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H54679C5E61DF4158B803B137E926827F"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Elements</header><text>Each report submitted under subparagraph (A) shall include—</text>
<clause id="H6EF97485FA0F407DA287A86D0F978216"><enum>(i)</enum><text>an accounting of expenditures of amounts awarded to the recipient under subsection (d)(1); and</text>
</clause><clause id="H40DD054C0B1A45ACBB2E5C09C2D49231"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>a description of the performance of the center for manufacturing innovation with respect to—</text>
<subclause id="H3AE9840C8E4D4B89AA04DC3B4BCE3807"><enum>(I)</enum><text>its goals, plans, financial support, and accomplishments; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H97BFBC30103E4D34AB8856B612B41A7C"><enum>(II)</enum><text>how the center for manufacturing innovation has furthered the purposes described in subsection
(a)(2).</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HA067423EA7CB41DFBF18FF803999CB27"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Annual reports to Congress</header>
<subparagraph id="H9C264D36FBAB4AAE83861E1BC7434416"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not less frequently than once each year, the Secretary shall submit a report to Congress that
describes the performance of the Program during the most recent 1-year
period.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H984F5B66DF4F4A78B516F77C0BD4B9EF"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Elements</header><text>Each report submitted under subparagraph (A) shall include, for the period covered by the report—</text>
<clause id="HC04D00721CD442B385C00814C67959ED"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a summary and assessment of the reports received by the Secretary under paragraph (1);</text>
</clause><clause id="HFD13FF2CA2F5491984CFA874099CA901"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>an accounting of the funds expended by the Secretary under the Program; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HB7D278F347D04161B0572E0128D01FD8"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>an assessment of the Program with respect to the purposes described in subsection (a)(2).</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HF31BB4CEE6724A68A5D29CE66B821A7E"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Triennial assessment by GAO</header>
<subparagraph id="H9B3C809FE17C439BB93284EBBB7495D9"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not less frequently than once every 3 years, the Comptroller General of the United States shall
submit to Congress an assessment of the operation of the Program during
the most recent 3-year period.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H52909488104B4AA6A9B00BEDFACBCEF2"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Elements</header><text>Each assessment submitted under subparagraph (A) shall include, for the period covered by the
report—</text>
<clause id="H16D4D275889F4BEAAE6086D5EB1D71E4"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a review of the management, coordination, and industry utility of the Program;</text>
</clause><clause id="HCA7274C7150A453397302DDBF731A197"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>an assessment of the extent to which the Program has furthered the purposes described in subsection
(a)(2); and</text>
</clause><clause id="HCCE5E7460AE04803A67D5ECED41C05B5"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>such recommendations for legislative and administrative action as the Comptroller General considers
appropriate to improve the Program.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H26B716E32AF54A8EB5508AFBE51F6445"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Additional authorities</header>
<paragraph id="HDFA9F39B603D47CBB2F790C299759023"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Appointment of personnel and contracts</header><text>The Secretary may appoint such personnel and enter into such contracts, financial assistance
agreements, and other agreements as the Secretary considers necessary or
appropriate to carry out the Program including support for research and
development activities involving a center for manufacturing innovation.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HFDA5EA2DB3E24765AF8A62776CD27CFB"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Transfer of funds</header><text>The Secretary may transfer to other Federal agencies such sums as the Secretary considers necessary
or appropriate to carry out the Program.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H38278A771AB7413A93818A90F2814FCB"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Authority of other agencies</header><text>In the event that the Secretary exercises the authority to transfer funds to another agency under
paragraph (2), such agency may award and administer all aspects of
financial assistance awards under this section.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8C20E2D32F6148A8BF7376E746EFD3A6"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Use of resources</header><text>In furtherance of the purposes of the Program, the Secretary may use, with the consent of a covered
entity and with or without reimbursement, the land, services, equipment,
personnel, and facilities of such covered entity.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0AF2E19B498448DF98E0597B9AD1C3AC"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Acceptance of resources</header><text>In addition to amounts appropriated to carry out the Program, the Secretary may accept funds,
services, equipment, personnel, and facilities from any covered entity to
carry out the Program.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HFBA30B28EDA640EAA1392AA440EF1658"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Covered entity</header><text>For purposes of this subsection, a covered entity is any Federal department, Federal agency,
instrumentality of the United States, State, local government, tribal
government, territory or possession of the United States, or of any
political subdivision thereof, or international organization, or any
public or private entity or individual.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H4D8EE2B2730340A6BC86D7AACB7B907A"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Patents</header><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/35/18">Chapter 18</external-xref> of title 35, United States Code, shall not apply if financial assistance is awarded
under this section solely for the purpose of planning, establishing, or
supporting new or existing centers for manufacturing innovation.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H7A8F924B61314F5992AD2CC8B90F7958"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Funding</header>
<paragraph id="H41909311B2184028AC1B0D9A6A8EA668"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Network for manufacturing innovation fund</header>
<subparagraph id="HA3D7D86893E943C18C959A0E6BAA36C3"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>There is established in the Treasury of the United States a fund to be known as the <quote>Network for Manufacturing Innovation Fund</quote> (referred to in this paragraph as the <quote>Fund</quote>).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3EB7F498ACF84911BA63EFAFFB4B79D6"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Elements</header><text>There shall be deposited in the Fund, which shall constitute the assets of the Fund, amounts
appropriated or otherwise made available to carry out the Program.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H565FCDE6FC4A42BDBB51C2B9AB1FC2D8"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Availability</header><text>Amounts deposited in the Fund shall be available to the Secretary, at the discretion of the
Secretary, or the Secretary’s delegee, to carry out the Program without
further appropriation and without fiscal year limitation.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H41A2C717E9FD4A56BCC63FB4A11CD893"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated $600,000,000 to the Secretary to carry out this section.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6F73AD05F3094A46A7C10A0C44149B71"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Administrative expenses</header><text>The Secretary may use not more than 5 percent of the amounts appropriated pursuant to paragraph (2)
to pay the salaries, expenses, and other administrative costs incurred by
the Secretary under this section.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="HC5FCB3D791404472A7CAB638F6A47EE0"><enum>405.</enum><header>Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 25 of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/278k">15 U.S.C. 278k</external-xref>) is amended to
read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFB6E7BC995C64694BA90F19281A5EF74" style="OLC">
<section id="H44CB7CBE090949E898FE7A68C6D31A45"><enum>25.</enum><header>Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership</header>
<subsection id="H33B02C6FA69A48419ABE970B090DF084"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment and purpose</header>
<paragraph id="HF00AB5307F1748F9AC3AA9B9B6DF4BA2"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary, through the Director shall provide assistance for the creation and support of
regional manufacturing extension centers for the transfer of manufacturing
technology and best business practices. These centers shall be known as
the <quote>Hollings Manufacturing Extension Centers</quote> (in this Act referred to as the <quote>Centers</quote>). The program under this section shall be known as the <quote>Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE2666718FF3446ABBD30B952F1F0F0CE"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Affiliations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Such Centers shall be affiliated with any United States-based public or nonprofit institution or
organization, or group thereof, that applies for and is awarded financial
assistance under this section.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H58B555CFC35546DFA0C96F41C15CB983"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Objective</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The objective of the program is to enhance productivity, competitiveness, and technological
performance in United States manufacturing through—</text>
<subparagraph id="H3D5BD3F729184AF88F04B7924D32DCC8"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the transfer of manufacturing technology and techniques to Centers and, through them, to
manufacturing companies throughout the United States;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC7F6FDAE3B5144A6B47EE5160B52BB92"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the participation of individuals from industry, institutions of higher education, State
governments, other Federal agencies, and, when appropriate, the Institute
in cooperative technology transfer activities;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HBE7EF8E3C21E4893A455EBFB3D50C242"><enum>(C)</enum><text>efforts to make new manufacturing technology and processes usable by United States-based small and
medium-sized companies;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2016E4E8C7624ED7BF8221E3AE5E4011"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the active dissemination of scientific, engineering, technical, and management information about
manufacturing to industrial firms, including small and medium-sized
manufacturing companies;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H98759AB81B844CE0859BCB6BDB76BEFD"><enum>(E)</enum><text>the development of new partnerships, networks, and services that will assist small and medium-sized
manufacturing companies expand into new markets, including global markets;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H068CC745A15E448888E1124DC2CAD514"><enum>(F)</enum><text>the utilization, when appropriate, of the expertise and capability that exists in Federal
laboratories other than the Institute; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8BEFB8B3CDB14E48942ACDE1B2E07218"><enum>(G)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the provision to community colleges and area career and technical education schools of information
about the job skills needed in small and medium-sized manufacturing
businesses in the regions they serve.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HF0856D37EF1148DD95A8E6F83A22E300"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Activities</header><text>The activities of the Centers shall include—</text>
<paragraph id="H300B3A4154E64E4B881001DD8FA3AB34"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the establishment of automated manufacturing systems and other advanced production technologies,
based on research by the Institute and other entities, for the purpose of
demonstrations and technology transfer;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1EF2E99304A941168347E90E2710396F"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">assistance to Federal agencies in supporting United States-based manufacturing by identifying and
providing technical assistance to small and medium-sized manufacturers to
help them meet Federal agency procurement and acquisition needs;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H72AAE2189824441095B41C126B00EC6C"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the active transfer and dissemination of research findings and Center expertise to a wide range of
companies and enterprises, particularly small and medium-sized
manufacturers; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HCD6CBBEA027A4B5683DD2BD554EA1823"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the facilitation of collaborations and partnerships between small and medium-sized manufacturing
companies and community colleges and area career and technical education
schools to help such colleges and schools better understand the specific
needs of manufacturers and to help manufacturers better understand the
skill sets that students learn in the programs offered by such colleges
and schools.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HC0E9E2D018A24478B9CF92139E264523"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Financial assistance and requirements</header>
<paragraph id="H10ECBE32ADDD4B4CB45C9B41C4E1A006"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Financial support</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may provide financial support to any Center created under subsection (a) for an
initial period of 5 years, which may be renewed for an additional 5-year
period. The Secretary may provide to a Center up to 50 percent of the
capital and annual operating and maintenance funds required to create and
maintain such Center.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H81E151D6B8DB4811AED860121DF3D144"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Regulations</header><text>The Secretary shall implement, review, and update the sections of the Code of Federal Regulations
related to this section at least once every 5 years.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H392E7D7033F14C539FE942AC78408887"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Application</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H6BC8761D98CE42739901B402524192FB"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any public or nonprofit institution, or consortium thereof, may submit to the Secretary an
application for financial support under this section, in accordance with
the procedures established by the Secretary.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0018AA6AC3D2400ABCFC023E7869EDE0"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Cost-sharing</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In order to receive assistance under this section, an applicant for financial assistance under
subparagraph (A) shall provide adequate assurances that non-Federal assets
obtained from the applicant and the applicant’s partnering organizations
will be used as a funding source to meet not less than 50 percent of the
costs incurred. For purposes of the preceding sentence, the costs incurred
means the costs incurred in connection with the activities undertaken to
improve the management, productivity, competitiveness, and technological
performance of small and medium-sized manufacturing companies.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC9B8578D1C5144F98213B3D9747635AB"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Agreements with other entities</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In meeting the 50-percent requirement, it is anticipated that a Center will enter into agreements
with other entities such as private industry, institutions of higher
education, and State governments to accomplish programmatic objectives and
access new and existing resources that will further the impact of the
Federal investment made on behalf of small and medium-sized manufacturing
companies.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC0184D0D73C84EFFB88653ACC2E9D69D"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Legal rights</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each applicant under subparagraph (A) shall submit a proposal for the allocation of the legal
rights associated with any invention that may result from the proposed
Center’s activities.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HF906123DB9A04145B03E1CF2AA9177E6"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Merit review</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall subject each such application to merit review. In making a decision whether to
approve such application and provide financial support under this section,
the Secretary shall consider, at a minimum, the following:</text>
<subparagraph id="H25266EA099E645C991C452487221DD15"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The merits of the application, particularly those portions of the application regarding technology
transfer, training and education, and adaptation of manufacturing
technologies to the needs of particular industrial sectors.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H062F8C4987734B37A614D99E87F325A8"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The quality of service to be provided.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5285B67F0D85425CB2DCCDF8D92AD658"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Geographical diversity and extent of service area.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4D110FC814C145D98149C973983AA4FD"><enum>(D)</enum><text>The percentage of funding and amount of in-kind commitment from other sources.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HB467CC1586E3499B95C5B8AC5FE70352"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Evaluation</header>
<subparagraph id="H1C7D6C7BB5574DCC8A146852EC29C61F"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Each Center that receives financial assistance under this section shall be evaluated during its
third year of operation by an evaluation panel appointed by the Secretary.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HBBF92354D1FA4FDE8B5874C072D0F54E"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Composition</header><text>Each such evaluation panel shall be composed of independent experts, none of whom shall be
connected with the involved Center, and Federal officials.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HBE170A076578409E9353B92DB55DC668"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Chair</header><text>An official of the Institute shall chair the panel.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HAC73ECF7865D4F81952CCA96E143DFD3"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Performance measurement</header><text>Each evaluation panel shall measure the involved Center’s performance against the objectives
specified in this section.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDD172B4E0D9640FF86D260EAC0BEBE83"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Positive evaluation</header><text>If the evaluation is positive, the Secretary may provide continued funding through the fifth year.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H7899A38A47A644C99D7C3F07296A69D7"><enum>(F)</enum><header>Corrective action plan</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may not provide funding for the remaining years of a Center’s operation unless the
evaluation is positive. A Center that has not received a positive
evaluation by the evaluation panel shall be notified by the panel of the
deficiencies in its performance and shall be placed on a corrective action
plan and provided the opportunity to address deficiencies unless immediate
action is necessary to protect the public interest. The program shall
re-evaluate the Center within one year and if the Center has not addressed
the deficiencies identified by the panel, or shown a significant
improvement in its performance, the Director shall conduct a new
competition or may close the Center.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H71DB038FE7A14290A59F2D31F3DFA5B8"><enum>(G)</enum><header>Additional financial support</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">After the fifth year, a Center may receive additional financial support under this section if it
has received a positive evaluation through an independent review, under
procedures established by the Institute.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H48D0AAEFF3B94CE09AAC433204669B43"><enum>(H)</enum><header>Recompetition</header><text>If a Center has received financial support for 10 consecutive years, the Director shall conduct a
new competition. An existing Center may submit an application as part of
the new competition.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2497C2A253B94D419DA504F9D1BCE19E"><enum>(I)</enum><header>Recompetition plan</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of the <short-title>America Competes Reauthorization Act of 2014</short-title>, the Director shall submit a plan to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the House
of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and
Transportation of the Senate detailing how the program will implement the
new competitions required under subparagraph (H). The Director shall
consult with the MEP Advisory Board established under subsection (f) in
the development and implementation of the plan.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H5B679750E39B4F4796562C5BEA363338"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Oversight Board</header>
<subparagraph id="HDEAA24052F0248EFBB223F59323CCDA7"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each Center that receives financial assistance under this section shall establish an oversight
board that is broadly representative of regional stakeholders with a
majority of board members drawn from local small and medium-sized
manufacturing firms.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H67F4049058D44110887F54A9580CB562"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Bylaws and conflict of interest</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each board under subparagraph (A) shall adopt and submit to the Director bylaws to govern the
operation of the board, including a conflict of interest policy to ensure
relevant relationships are disclosed and proper recusal procedures are in
place.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H427C478158634D27A107A49230C6F584"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Board members may not serve simultaneously on more than one Center’s oversight board or serve as a
contractor providing services to a Center.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H5E9FD0EAB135415CB2760C8F70FCD682"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Protection of confidential information</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall ensure that the following are not publically disclosed:</text>
<subparagraph id="HF70B4C8903F44E5A935C88531392F401"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Confidential information on the business operations of—</text>
<clause id="HF3D95AF431DC437CAEFCBFA5B18072B7"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a participant under the program; or</text>
</clause><clause id="HF77F68554BAF41728361810B7ABC3560"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>a client of a Center.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H09C8F93E65F74BFC9AE312F1DDF5B784"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Trade secrets possessed by any client of a Center.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H3DEF76534F244B9CBCA340CB5C8A78FF"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Patent rights</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The provisions of <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/35/18">chapter 18</external-xref> of title 35, United States Code, shall apply, to the extent not
inconsistent with this section, to the promotion of technology from
research by Centers under this section except for contracts for such
specific technology extension or transfer services as may be specified by
statute or by the Director.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HA290F5177D16426B8F39388BE4ADDA84"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Reporting and auditing requirements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Director shall establish procedures regarding Center financial reporting and auditing to ensure
that awards are used for the purposes specified in this section and are in
accordance with sound accounting practices.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HFB7CEA64DA374BD0857BABA0AAF1890F"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Acceptance of funds</header>
<paragraph id="H6092E599CEE34EACA848C4E8983AD011"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>In addition to such sums as may be appropriated to the Secretary and Director to operate the
Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership, the Secretary and Director
also may accept funds from other Federal departments and agencies and,
under section 2(c)(7), from the private sector for the purpose of
strengthening United States manufacturing.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9DE94C831D164D6D91D88AE1D1B1AE61"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Allocation of funds</header>
<subparagraph id="H1714F1715F294D8381B9E11C2B3898CF"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Funds accepted from other Federal departments or agencies</header><text>The Director shall determine whether funds accepted from other Federal departments or agencies
shall be counted in the calculation of the Federal share of capital and
annual operating and maintenance costs under subsection (c).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE07B6A8AC4A8496D8AC848F4D1F1396A"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Funds accepted from the private sector</header><text>Funds accepted from the private sector under section 2(c)(7), if allocated to a Center, may not be
considered in the calculation of the Federal share under subsection (c) of
this section.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HDB151EE22B0F43DDB105E93E1697596A"><enum>(f)</enum><header>MEP Advisory Board</header>
<paragraph id="HD87E7C06C5044AD6AA4438499C772EDB"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>There is established within the Institute a Manufacturing Extension Partnership Advisory Board (in
this subsection referred to as the <quote>MEP Advisory Board</quote>).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB7277D051940422BA0EF668837793B9D"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Membership</header>
<subparagraph id="HBB2F63C4F34541F4B6569E7CF3671B7F"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The MEP Advisory Board shall consist of not fewer than 10 members broadly representative of
stakeholders, to be appointed by the Director. At least 2 members shall be
employed by or on an advisory board for the Centers, at least 1 member
shall represent a community college, and at least 5 other members shall be
from United States small businesses in the manufacturing sector. No member
shall be an employee of the Federal Government.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6AF8536EB66B488EAAA605EA88003D68"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Term</header><text>Except as provided in subparagraph (C) or (D), the term of office of each member of the MEP
Advisory Board shall be 3 years.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H923B3A8CA0C445C592CD325B58A7B962"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Vacancies</header><text>Any member appointed to fill a vacancy occurring prior to the expiration of the term for which his
predecessor was appointed shall be appointed for the remainder of such
term.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE4DF753D31F74A36B278612DD038CF55"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Serving consecutive terms</header><text>Any person who has completed two consecutive full terms of service on the MEP Advisory Board shall
thereafter be ineligible for appointment during the one-year period
following the expiration of the second such term.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H86C101691FAA4153B2B1CCD6830DDA20"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Meetings</header><text>The MEP Advisory Board shall meet not less than 2 times annually and shall provide to the Director—</text>
<subparagraph id="H7342A43B761D4C3492DF8C8B76FB1019"><enum>(A)</enum><text>advice on Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership programs, plans, and policies;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0D624D00F74541CC93A995C373AF8F01"><enum>(B)</enum><text>assessments of the soundness of Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership plans and strategies;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H178948B0CF824171ADD8A8EAA1E0C23D"><enum>(C)</enum><text>assessments of current performance against Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership program
plans.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HE4E5A89B83254F1EAF308DDEB50928E4"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Federal Advisory Committee Act applicability</header>
<subparagraph id="H6D392CF4E32641A48E33784214AA0CDF"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>In discharging its duties under this subsection, the MEP Advisory Board shall function solely in an
advisory capacity, in accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H620F1D74213748388BE522CA6B5678D2"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Exception</header><text>Section 14 of the Federal Advisory Committee Act shall not apply to the MEP Advisory Board.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H03261BA5E069493E90BFEA028B031376"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Report</header><text>The MEP Advisory Board shall transmit an annual report to the Secretary for transmittal to Congress
within 30 days after the submission to Congress of the President’s annual
budget request in each year. Such report shall address the status of the
program established pursuant to this section and comment on the relevant
sections of the programmatic planning document and updates thereto
transmitted to Congress by the Director under subsections (c) and (d) of
section 23.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8CBE1F6C789E45F39F08FAA52237F973"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Competitive Grant Program</header>
<paragraph id="H670A023887D64A8594F50FDC207D994D"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>The Director shall establish, within the Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership, a program of
competitive awards among participants described in paragraph (2) for the
purposes described in paragraph (3).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD80018C22E8548E6A9AFBB007B10AD7C"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Participants</header><text>Participants receiving awards under this subsection shall be the Centers, or a consortium of such
Centers.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7E578E4788F247A2B984E5B0211CFB75"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Purpose</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The purpose of the program under this subsection is to add capabilities to the Hollings
Manufacturing Extension Partnership, including the development of projects
to solve new or emerging manufacturing problems as determined by the
Director, in consultation with the Director of the Hollings Manufacturing
Extension Partnership, the MEP Advisory Board, and small and medium-sized
manufacturers.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H99D22C0FF0AA474C9466E3D205093459"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Themes</header><text>One or more themes for the competition may be identified, which may vary from year to year,
depending on the needs of manufacturers and the success of previous
competitions. These themes may include—</text>
<subparagraph id="H1A7A9152F19940FEB163C1F955B443D2"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">supply chain integration and quality management;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H34B3A29AD8BF40FD977AEB006DE64026"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the creation of partnerships to encourage the development of a workforce with the skills necessary
to meet the needs of a region, including the creation of apprenticeship
opportunities and the adoption of universally recognized credential
programs, as appropriate;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6BEE8F3F4F524B15ADF09A4E6E6C13DC"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">energy efficiency, including efficient building technologies and environmentally friendly
materials, products, and processes;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0CA29BC880204C2AA93898BE72D53249"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">enhancing the competitiveness of small and medium-sized manufacturers in the global marketplace;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7C5F597AD343457E81FEF1C1FCF348AF"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the transfer of technology based on the technological needs of manufacturers and available
technologies from institutions of higher education, laboratories, and
other technology producing entities; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3E6D7D6AA02C48899E0B79A7987E4122"><enum>(F)</enum><text>areas that extend beyond traditional areas of manufacturing extension activities, including
projects related to construction industry modernization.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H8F4326D89B5043C895A6B66C9E05224D"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Reimbursement</header><text>Centers may be reimbursed for costs incurred under the program under this subsection.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7E7023F91338489D8972A4098EBD0A9C"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Applications</header><text>Applications for awards under this subsection shall be submitted in such manner, at such time, and
containing such information as the Director shall require, in consultation
with the MEP Advisory Board.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H591F2F8AFFDE4907A21F40EAA80BDE6A"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Selection</header><text>Awards under this subsection shall be peer reviewed and competitively awarded. The Director shall
endeavor to have broad geographic diversity among selected proposals. The
Director shall select proposals to receive awards that will—</text>
<subparagraph id="H768A0780055E4FA78780071C8349F7C7"><enum>(A)</enum><text>utilize innovative or collaborative approaches to solving the problem described in the competition;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3465FBB33F8941658FDC9868CB45B839"><enum>(B)</enum><text>improve the competitiveness of industries in the region in which the Center or Centers are located;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HFE062B68EC1D4BBB802D7DC7BF1581B9"><enum>(C)</enum><text>contribute to the long-term economic stability of that region, including the creation of jobs or
training employees.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H9B11B55ADFB54A638ABC2679E04EF813"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Program contribution</header><text>Recipients of awards under this subsection shall not be required to provide a matching
contribution.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HDA55178C71F34865A2488156C5C084C8"><enum>(9)</enum><header>Duration</header><text>Awards under this subsection shall last no longer than 5 years.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H7C5B540082E04AF29D89BECA2D0DECC2"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Innovative services initiative</header>
<paragraph id="HA2ECD1B9FBDB448397AE0C1A24E89A12"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Director, in coordination with the Advanced Manufacturing Office of the Department of Energy,
shall establish, within the Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership,
an innovative services initiative to assist small and medium-sized
manufacturers in—</text>
<subparagraph id="H09FC1040059746958BB11213D27BC713"><enum>(A)</enum><text>reducing their energy usage, greenhouse gas emissions, and environmental waste to improve
profitability;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA58120FDE52D409997E81F54484B6947"><enum>(B)</enum><text>accelerating the domestic commercialization of new product technologies, including components for
renewable energy and energy efficiency systems; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0ABB61C7BCCB4A94A63FC43548478A1D"><enum>(C)</enum><text>identifying and diversifying to new markets, including support for transitioning to the production
of components for renewable energy and energy efficiency systems.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H69158A59FFB34452AA23B19ABAA01624"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Market demand</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Director may not undertake any activity to accelerate the domestic commercialization of a new
product technology under this subsection unless an analysis of market
demand for the new product technology has been conducted.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HFF3835E0CB144B87A7D8971FF5CF4581"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Export assistance to small and medium-sized manufacturers</header>
<paragraph id="H9274F46B22A349FFA3861C876E71F995"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Director shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="H9B040D6D4A384A5488F0DE0B2F6AD8BC"><enum>(A)</enum><text>evaluate obstacles that are unique to small and medium-sized manufacturers that prevent such
manufacturers from effectively competing in the global market;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2DA9C68E9DDA4D2881E665297EA324D8"><enum>(B)</enum><text>implement a comprehensive export assistance initiative through the Centers to help small and
medium-sized manufacturers address such obstacles; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HCB3597BE34B246CD8D1827BFDB1274E5"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to the maximum extent practicable, ensure that the activities carried out under this subsection are
coordinated with, and do not duplicate the efforts of, other export
assistance programs within the Federal Government.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H303C6E197DF242E79FEEA63CC135D489"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text>The initiative shall include—</text>
<subparagraph id="HA7502F3FED6A48A28C071153D59DB936"><enum>(A)</enum><text>export assistance counseling;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6436F35DE78B4FB5B7B16709A5186838"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the development of partnerships that will provide small and medium-sized manufacturers with greater
access to and knowledge of global markets; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5D339E95CA5E4258A1423A57CC404AE0"><enum>(C)</enum><text>improved communication between the Centers to assist such manufacturers in implementing
appropriate, targeted solutions to such obstacles.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H4381E16C1BD74F43A9A5D9CEEF3F4E4E"><enum>(j)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text>
<paragraph id="HA7AFAE9419E24DD3AF21BC5DE8A8CFAF"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Area career and technical education school</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <quote>area career and technical education school</quote> has the meaning given such term in section 3 of the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education
Improvement Act of 2006 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/2302">20 U.S.C. 2302</external-xref>).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H174A761A3BFD43E1B8078FEB28DE2074"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Community college</header><text>The term <term>community college</term> means an institution of higher education (as defined under section 101(a) of the Higher Education
Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1001">20 U.S.C. 1001(a)</external-xref>)) at which the highest degree that is
predominately awarded to students is an associate’s degree.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="H8BD6ECB02D84497883927E4E29A2DE8A"><enum>406.</enum><header>Bioscience measurement science and standards</header>
<subsection id="H183F60A2C35942D8973C9CF6496BBE9F"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In General</header><text>The National Institute of Standards and Technology Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/271">15 U.S.C. 271 et seq.</external-xref>) is amended by
inserting after section 34, as added by <internal-xref idref="H6121DC24AF9741CCBEFFE21C5E5821E1" legis-path="404.">section 404</internal-xref> of this Act, the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H785AA5C0F2434C048E4CD74C90137FA6" style="OLC">
<section id="HB2DD75EF756C47BE85499C5272ECE546"><enum>35.</enum><header>Bioscience measurement science and standards</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Director shall—</text>
<paragraph id="H5E5038B1273D4E90A0D2DF43F1C8A1F3"><enum>(1)</enum><text>establish a bioscience research program to support the development of standards and measurements
and to create new data, tools, techniques, and processes necessary to
promote new research and industries at the intersection of the biological,
physical, and information sciences and engineering;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6A43AC88E3B349B88A77030CCF88FD6A"><enum>(2)</enum><text>provide access to user facilities with advanced or unique equipment, services, materials, and other
resources to industry, institutions of higher education, nonprofit
organizations, and government agencies to perform research and testing
related to the biosciences program established under this section; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8FC80B41ACFC40E8925AF2D68391D045"><enum>(3)</enum><text>provide technical expertise to inform the development of guidelines and safeguards for new
products, processes, and systems that may result from advancements at the
intersection of the biological, physical, and information sciences and
engineering.</text></paragraph></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section id="H6CFB8F025D224F5683F9F2E0937E4219"><enum>407.</enum><header>National Academy of Sciences review</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not later than 6 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Director of the National
Institute of Standards and Technology shall enter into a contract with the
National Academy of Sciences to conduct a single, comprehensive review of
the Institute’s laboratory programs. The review shall—</text>
<paragraph id="HA86AF0AD4BAA44A28A0AE04C9FDEBE35"><enum>(1)</enum><text>assess the technical merits and scientific caliber of the research conducted at the laboratories;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2FE5CE4A5F154479A1733CBF13FB752E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>examine the strengths and weaknesses of the 2010 laboratory reorganization on the Institute’s
ability to fulfill its mission;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H86FF5DD4B3F543AC9F5FE2C52128F86A"><enum>(3)</enum><text>evaluate how cross-cutting research and development activities are planned, coordinated, and
executed across the laboratories; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9DFAC61526F64FBBBDE7883646526CF8"><enum>(4)</enum><text>assess how the laboratories are engaging industry, including the incorporation of industry need,
into the research goals and objectives of the Institute.</text>
</paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4D72C9224A2148B793F23A86F790647E" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>408.</enum><header>Improving NIST collaboration with other agencies</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 8 of the National Bureau of Standards Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1983 (15 U.S.C.
275b) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H5ECB8F26753D47F2B7F2873BDCF4AD8C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the section heading, by inserting <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="traditional">and with</header-in-text></quote> after <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="traditional">performed for</header-in-text></quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H0A5302D10BCA4779B5812D3C1861A1A0"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following: <quote>The Secretary may accept, apply for, use, and spend Federal, State, and non-governmental
acquisition and assistance funds to further the mission of the Institute
without regard to the source or the period of availability of these funds
as well as share personnel, associates, facilities, and property with
these partner organizations, with or without reimbursement, upon mutual
agreement.</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></section><section commented="no" id="H7A7F178122864CC3AE65801D2FA771D2"><enum>409.</enum><header>Miscellaneous provisions</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="HE82B4E4C7DE54340A05461DD54226584"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Functions and activities</header><text>Section 15 of the of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/278e">15 U.S.C. 278e</external-xref>) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HE4857D0F8FB645F980657314911C5509"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>of the Government; and</quote> and inserting <quote>of the Government;</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HDEECF962B0854CF3863011C12A3B50A2"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking <quote>transportation services for employees of the Institute</quote> and inserting <quote>transportation services for employees, associates, or fellows of the Institute</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H24B95F3F3FED41619A380AE4BEB43385"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by striking <quote>Code.</quote> and inserting <quote>Code; and (i) the protection of Institute buildings and other plant facilities, equipment, and
property, and of employees, associates, visitors, or other persons located
therein or associated therewith, notwithstanding any other provision of
law.</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H627E975FFF3B48CF84888B5FBD44B6D0"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Post-Doctoral fellowship program</header><text>Section 19 of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/278g-2">15 U.S.C. 278g–2</external-xref>) is amended
to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HEDB1AF8F70664A10B208A8508CB4ED8A" style="OLC">
<section commented="no" id="H20C8C52DC9594E97B98679A9E83F180D"><enum>19.</enum><header>Post-doctoral fellowship program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Director, in conjunction with the National Academy of Sciences, shall establish and conduct a
post-doctoral fellowship program that shall include not less than 20 new
fellows per fiscal year. In evaluating applications for fellowships under
this section, the Director shall give consideration to the goal of
promoting the participation of underrepresented minorities in research
areas supported by the Institute.</text></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><enum>V</enum><header>INNOVATION</header>
<section id="H333815549A8B43DE99B8803E48269572"><enum>501.</enum><header>Office of Innovation and Entrepreneurship</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 25 of the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/3720">15 U.S.C. 3720</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H27DEA37B765B4257948B68C29F44F6BF"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a) by inserting <quote>with a Director and full-time staff</quote> after <quote>Office of Innovation and Entrepreneurship</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5A3E9B92CB814CCD91C3E4040C70F79F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (b)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HE725AA5DA85E4D4BA86D03288A85643F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by amending paragraph (3) to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HEA7A6157A80C40CBA95B114474A8226D" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H3BDFD0A9A26B437A838D9D482B84C928"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">providing access to relevant data, research, and technical assistance on innovation and
commercialization, including best practices for university-based
incubators and accelerators;</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA42EB54916BC459D98A4B653D90B3CFE"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraphs (4) and (5) as paragraphs (6) and (7), respectively; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H66641A87804B46549C6E9CC5A23D61BE"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by inserting the following after paragraph (3):</text>
<quoted-block id="H67FFD827BDA44E5F8AAA99DB80CE52E1" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H0CD34CE335754EDC9A91D30B54E8AC8C"><enum>(4)</enum><text>overseeing the implementation of the loan guarantee programs and the Regional Innovation Program
established under sections 26 and 27, respectively;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA7C475B86F5847CC95A97A9A67264206"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">developing, within 180 days after the date of enactment of the <short-title>America Competes Reauthorization Act of 2014</short-title>, and updating at least every 5 years, a strategic plan to guide the activities of the Office of
Innovation and Entrepreneurship that shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="H2C87C5F394194E359EF2757B7F899D05"><enum>(A)</enum><text>specify and prioritize near-term and long-term goals, objectives, and policies to accelerate
innovation and advance the commercialization of research and development,
including federally funded research and development, set forth the
anticipated time for achieving the objectives, and identify metrics for
use in assessing progress toward such objectives;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9F794E4661D14B509B3DD32A977CE44E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>describe how the Department of Commerce is working in conjunction with other Federal agencies to
foster innovation and commercialization across the United States; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9C3877D700064DCEB4635E285F4B176A"><enum>(C)</enum><text>provide a summary of the activities, including the development of metrics to evaluate regional
innovation strategies undertaken through the Regional Innovation Research
and Information Program established under section 27(e);</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H695741B88B58403BA5E7D28545723B08"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by amending subsection (c) to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block id="HE28FEA5D724C41EDAE6DB566E7F0BE1C" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H9DE38D971AD54F02B06D5F8D98D8A207"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Advisory committee</header>
<paragraph id="H4C3AB8225BBB42219B49B4D635262D22"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>The Secretary shall establish or designate an advisory committee, which shall meet at least twice
each fiscal year, to provide advice to the Secretary on carrying out the
duties and responsibilities of the Office of Innovation and
Entrepreneurship.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3AD2218F0ED24DC49B38292376016CB1"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Report to congress</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The advisory committee shall prepare a report, to be submitted to the Committee on Science, Space,
and Technology of the House of Representatives and the Committee on
Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate every 3 years. The
first report shall be submitted not later than 1 year after the date of
enactment of the <short-title>America Competes Reauthorization Act of 2014</short-title> and shall include—</text>
<subparagraph id="H2EB30D22CC364B298B9748DFAE4C86FA"><enum>(A)</enum><text>an assessment of the strategic plan developed under subsection (b)(5) and the progress made in
implementing the plan and the duties of the Office of Innovation and
Entrepreneurship;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1F07D070378646A0B2A682ED341881E9"><enum>(B)</enum><text>an assessment of how the Office of Innovation and Entrepreneurship is working with other Federal
agencies to meet the goals and duties of the office; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HBB1A03CCFDD04DB093CD4220898D633D"><enum>(C)</enum><text>any recommendations for how the Office of Innovation and Entrepreneurship could be improved.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4FF44DE71A9945C6ABA4DDCB3167A7C3"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H166A0BDC78AB48E7B3A872E543B04AB8" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H5C285B78CDFD4D31B32DC12E69C0B7FC"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary $5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2015
through 2019 to carry out this section.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="H66E404625E7640599ED4E77180B1E3EF"><enum>502.</enum><header>Federal loan guarantees for innovative technologies in manufacturing</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 26(t) of the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/3721">15 U.S.C. 3721(t)</external-xref>) is
amended by striking <quote>fiscal years 2011 through 2013</quote> and inserting <quote>fiscal years 2014 through 2018</quote>.</text>
</section><section id="H6BC7D079596046C7BA9616E5A7D5EE5D"><enum>503.</enum><header>Regional Innovation Program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 27 of the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/3722">15 U.S.C. 3722</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H59EC41A83AFF4FCB9AF77C9478945ABE"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (b), by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H181B51EF8B7A43D095E90938EF8C4D13" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HEF9A2F59D8BA4CDAA01B23CFCA0222AD"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Outreach to rural communities</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall conduct outreach to public and private sector entities in rural communities to
encourage those entities to participate in regional innovation cluster
activities under this subsection.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H84A454C970AB4E30BBFC7135DA350F62"><enum>(9)</enum><header>Funding</header><text>The Secretary may accept funds from other Federal agencies to support grants and activities under
this subsection.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA7E13D8663F949C2AD398219FD7EE9A3"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (i), by striking <quote>fiscal years 2011 through 2013</quote> and inserting <quote>fiscal years 2015 through 2019</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="HACB503F85305457194D964C2722D5B1D"><enum>504.</enum><header>Innovation voucher pilot program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 25 of the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/3720">15 U.S.C. 3720</external-xref>) as amended by
section 501 of this Act, is further amended by adding at the end the
following:</text>
<quoted-block id="HB5D7B01894E04C0789341D559955A39E" style="OLC">
<subsection id="HDA4097FD27EF49EBAF6A925AC7F68A1A"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Innovation voucher pilot program</header>
<paragraph id="H381EE180E0AE46B187E5A4E4AE91854C"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary, acting through the Office of Innovation and Entrepreneurship and in conjunction with
the States, shall establish an innovation voucher pilot program to
accelerate innovative activities and enhance the competitiveness of small
and medium-sized manufacturers in the United States. The pilot program
shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="H6EBD57F8C7A94543826412536F054E5E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>foster collaborations between small and medium-sized manufacturers and research institutions; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H91AE621310EA4B3EB4DB84312227659B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>enable small and medium-sized manufacturers to access technical expertise and capabilities that
will lead to the development of innovative products or manufacturing
processes, including through—</text>
<clause id="HBEBDA24ADCFD472798A002BFE34FAF09"><enum>(i)</enum><text>research and development, including proof of concept, technical development, and compliance testing
activities;</text>
</clause><clause id="H6DF89F8622B1464BBA096A1A999CB273"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>early-stage product development, including engineering design services; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H34DCCFD9201842768EFC9327F44E5867"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>technology transfer and related activities.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H2817F049F7DE4BCEB8BFACBA2A0F8757"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Award size</header><text>The Secretary shall competitively award vouchers worth up to $20,000 to small and medium-sized
manufacturers for use at eligible research institutions to acquire the
services described in paragraph (1)(B).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE4A685076EE24283BBA8673C03B1C53C"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Streamlined procedures</header><text>The Secretary shall streamline and simplify the application, administrative, and reporting
procedures for vouchers administered under the program.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H407D5E863C484C9D9C2D480C972175B9"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Regulations</header><text>Prior to awarding any vouchers under the program, the Secretary shall promulgate regulations—</text>
<subparagraph id="HD8F538C4A4EC4A5BA2D7A10E5138C14F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>establishing criteria for the selection of recipients of awards under this subsection;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H52FD70701A1340029F8DF47C707B3253"><enum>(B)</enum><text>establishing procedures regarding financial reporting and auditing—</text>
<clause id="HD734617B546B481FB6310A081F255352"><enum>(i)</enum><text>to ensure that awards are used for the purposes of the program; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H9B4667E5473A49688BE16A95C32CF482"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>that are in accordance with sound accounting practices; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC1DFD4C27ADD476EB1C3BBF2F2B830BF"><enum>(C)</enum><text>describing any other policies, procedures, or information necessary to implement this subsection,
including those intended to streamline and simplify the program in
accordance with paragraph (3).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H346493C5CDD143E69CD402C32DD0B078"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Transfer authority</header><text>The Secretary may transfer funds appropriated to the Department of Commerce to other Federal
agencies for the performance of services authorized under this subsection.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H944A7BA477234532B48D555CD65234FC"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Administrative costs</header><text>All of the amounts appropriated to carry out this subsection for a fiscal year shall be used for
vouchers awarded under this subsection, except that the Secretary may set
aside a percentage of such amounts for eligible research institutions
performing the services described in paragraph (1)(B) to defray
administrative costs associated with the services. The Secretary shall
establish a single, fixed percentage for such purposes that will apply to
all eligible research institutions.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8F2A63BD656F445BA0A79D0A84D6117B"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Outreach</header><text>The Secretary may use centers established under section 25 of the National Institute of Standards
and Technology Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/278k">15 U.S.C. 278k</external-xref>) to provide information about the
program established under this subsection and to conduct outreach to
potential applicants, as appropriate.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H66C4A7D6231E4533B5CBEEA5948AF0A8"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Reports to Congress</header>
<subparagraph id="HF22C0AFEA8DB4D778009D437A35E5157"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Plan</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of the <short-title>America Competes Reauthorization Act of 2014</short-title>, the Secretary shall transmit to Congress a plan that will serve as a guide for the activities of
the program. The plan shall include a description of the specific
objectives of the program and the metrics that will be used in assessing
progress toward those objectives.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H272BF9EB3EEB4A59BAB82CF3374B904B"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Outcomes</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 3 years after the date of enactment of the <short-title>America Competes Reauthorization Act of 2014</short-title>, the Secretary shall transmit to Congress a report containing—</text>
<clause id="H54A5E20740F648AC90F0017A8B3C5900"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a summary of the activities carried out under this subsection;</text>
</clause><clause id="H396062EA4AB940AAA178DE59DAD65A35"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>an assessment of the impact of such activities on the innovative capacity of small and medium-sized
manufacturers receiving assistance under the pilot program; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HD2358CA9787641069BE5C4A4543B5F0B"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>any recommendations for administrative and legislative action that could optimize the effectiveness
of the pilot program.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H3C1D38AD987C4874BA03013624D4B23D"><enum>(9)</enum><header>Coordination and nonduplication</header><text>To the maximum extent practicable, the Secretary shall ensure that the activities carried out under
this subsection are coordinated with, and do not duplicate the efforts of,
other programs within the Federal Government.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H16EF8365A139449B850341B6C7680A7D"><enum>(10)</enum><header>Eligible research institutions defined</header><text>For the purposes of this subsection, the term <quote>eligible research institution</quote> means—</text>
<subparagraph id="H2C6BDF92305D45A09EDD897F51B02A9A"><enum>(A)</enum><text>an institution of higher education, as such term is defined in section 101(a) of the Higher
Education Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1001">20 U.S.C. 1001(a)</external-xref>);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H263207DB1FC443BD879D8CC6D481A292"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a Federal laboratory;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H758F2BB37E0B459B852D3FF20AFDDE47"><enum>(C)</enum><text>a federally funded research and development center; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H111A0BB19072456ABBD2F28F749F0F7C"><enum>(D)</enum><text>a Hollings Manufacturing Extension Center established under section 25 of the National Institute of
Standards and Technology Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/278k">15 U.S.C. 278k</external-xref>).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H937D82FDF87F49F898DA61105A03F99E"><enum>(11)</enum><header>Authorization of Appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry out the pilot program in this
subsection $5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2015 through 2019.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="H15CAD805A33B4AA1A839E978575A2DC3"><enum>505.</enum><header>Federal Acceleration of State Technology Commercialization Pilot Program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/3701">15 U.S.C. 3701 et seq.</external-xref>) is amended by
adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H1F21D349E2224D04BA43E5BEA49F137C" style="OLC">
<section id="H5BEAA1E116044F06802DBD1F75D1599E"><enum>28.</enum><header>Federal Acceleration of State Technology Commercialization Pilot Program</header>
<subsection id="H222FABBD861F46E19E2DD97D0BBD92D4"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Authority</header>
<paragraph id="HD57ED4F6DDE44619B71E6B9A13010C9B"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>The Secretary shall establish a Federal Acceleration of State Technology Commercialization Pilot
Program or FAST Commercialization Pilot Program to award grants to States,
or consortia thereof, for the purposes described in paragraph (2). Awards
under this section shall be made through a competitive, merit-based
process.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1B5C20BB6F8D487C9801525E397AC417"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Purpose</header><text>The purpose of the program under this section is to advance United States productivity and global
competitiveness by accelerating commercialization of innovative technology
by leveraging Federal support for State commercialization efforts. The
program shall provide matching funds to a State, or consortium thereof,
for the acceleration of commercialization activities and the promotion of
small manufacturing enterprises in the United States.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HB936DE613EB2459A90E83562B5E9895E"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Application</header><text>Applications for awards under this section shall be submitted in such a manner, at such a time, and
containing such information as the Secretary shall require, including—</text>
<paragraph id="H1B7B649D20B24FBDA98ECA3392D2ECB9"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a description of the current state of technology commercialization in the State or States,
including successes and barriers to commercialization; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H401CDF24FF1242908CA555A8042B5481"><enum>(2)</enum><text>a description of the State’s or consortium’s plan for increasing commercialization of new
technologies, products, processes, and services.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H97DCA747931547A9A69D0DB1785C2B71"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Selection criteria</header><text>The Secretary shall establish criteria for the selection of awardees, which shall consider at a
minimum a review of efforts during the fiscal year prior to submitting an
application to—</text>
<paragraph id="H238F4AF21091408A9D11D670BC88AA82"><enum>(1)</enum><text>promote manufacturing; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H74D9951DABB245E9A282306338FF86A0"><enum>(2)</enum><text>commercialize new technologies, products, processes, and services, including activities to
translate federally funded research and technologies to small
manufacturing enterprises.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="HD86463E8D53C45C69A71F405EAD36201"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Matching requirement</header><text>A State or consortium receiving a grant under this section shall provide non-Federal cash
contributions in an amount equal to 50 percent of the total cost of the
project for which the grant is provided.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H39DCE8988CF2447DA1198F014AAA5AB1"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Coordination and nonduplication</header><text>In carrying out the program under this section, the Secretary shall ensure that grants made under
the program are coordinated with, and do not duplicate, the efforts of
other commercialization programs within the Federal Government.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H2EAE984E5AB14C52ADC3379AEE3E8361"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Evaluation</header>
<paragraph id="HB0ADD53FC4264DBAA857FD95E723B227"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 3 years after the date of enactment of the <short-title>America Competes Reauthorization Act of 2014</short-title>, the Secretary shall enter into a contract with an independent entity, such as the National
Academy of Sciences, to conduct an evaluation of the program established
under subsection (a).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3B55F51B31BA4CFBA134176F99AF0C67"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text>The evaluation shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="HBBEE93154F3D4984988D2DFECA109271"><enum>(A)</enum><text>assess whether the program is achieving its goals;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4CD1BC878E5E4C8690D6A0B03153786D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>include any recommendations for how the program may be improved; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA760F95A32B845DCB02668A85F610143"><enum>(C)</enum><text>include a recommendation as to whether the program should be continued or terminated.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HD39E28166D094072905B5DD15A0F4C74"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HE2587CB0984B4B59B98FD6ACF08C87F3"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the term <quote>State</quote> has the meaning given that term in section 3 of the Public Works and Economic Development Act of
1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/3122">42 U.S.C. 3122</external-xref>); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0B2CED51D1F54AC288BFD0E002398E29"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the term <quote>commercialization</quote> has the meaning given that term in section 9(e)(10) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C.
638(e)(10)).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HE1859C62BE26433E936A11F201F21937"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Duration</header><text>Each award shall be for a 5-year period.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HC36093B808614C0E8A28C789D3EFAC1F"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary $50,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2015
through 2017 to carry out this section.</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="H1F033B9A281E4EC188ED9DE9FA51024F"><enum>506.</enum><header>National Academies report on university incubators and accelerators</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Commerce shall
enter into a contract with the National Academy of Sciences to conduct a
study on the role of incubators and accelerators, including
university-based incubators and accelerators, in the commercialization of
federally funded research and regional economic development. The study
shall—</text>
<paragraph id="H625EE051F69D4592A641973C3B2A7F76"><enum>(1)</enum><text>examine the effectiveness of incubators and accelerators in stimulating the creation of start-ups,
including metrics for comparing start-ups that have and have not completed
incubator or accelerator programs, and developing regional innovation
clusters; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA48B83AE1FBE4153926C3E8A94E0DF58"><enum>(2)</enum><text>identify best practices in the structure, goals, operation, management, and funding mechanisms of
leading incubators and accelerators.</text>
</paragraph></section><enum>VI</enum><header>DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY</header>
<subtitle id="H28C67FC0663743C7B2DE60858205C2DE"><enum>A</enum><header>Office of Science</header>
<section id="HAC5EE33F479E409C9149648B05FF2174"><enum>601.</enum><header>Short title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This subtitle may be cited as the <quote><short-title>Department of Energy Office of Science Authorization Act of 2014</short-title></quote>.</text>
</section><section id="H2DFD5004937F4933AAE0FA2A3B3B0AF4"><enum>602.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Except as otherwise provided, in this subtitle:</text>
<paragraph id="HE7612A6D362841B3BA341858884D416C"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Department</header><text>The term <quote>Department</quote> means the Department of Energy.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2BA5D745F7D44AA199D8E084DB31BC0A"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Director</header><text>The term <quote>Director</quote> means the Director of the Office of Science.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3C9051A2BD3445ACB153AD8605CAA8BB"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Office of science</header><text>The term <quote>Office of Science</quote> means the Department of Energy Office of Science.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H856BDFDE991C464D9D0B2D13A0361734"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Under secretary</header><text>The term <quote>Under Secretary</quote> means the Under Secretary for Science and Energy.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6B67617DFC0A467FA9DA821EFDDFBD77"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Secretary</header><text>The term <quote>Secretary</quote> means the Secretary of Energy.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="H8D31EEFE34394EBBA436D702FFDB5387"><enum>603.</enum><header>Mission of the Office of Science</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 209 of the Department of Energy Organization Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/7139">42 U.S.C. 7139</external-xref>) is amended by adding at
the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H0225F85097324B969C4E7C5BC365650C" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H18E78014363A4BC5B20DD4EB3ADCF3C1"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Mission</header><text>The mission of the Office of Science shall be the delivery of scientific discoveries, capabilities,
and major scientific tools to transform the understanding of nature and to
advance the energy, economic, and national security of the United States.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H20FD81DF1C6B417A91247B91B958022F"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Duties</header><text>In support of this mission, the Director shall carry out programs, including those in basic energy
sciences, biological and environmental research, advanced scientific
computing research, fusion energy sciences, high energy physics, and
nuclear physics, through activities focused on—</text>
<paragraph id="HD726353D55894B6A9F5638BA9260EF56"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Science for Discovery to unravel nature’s mysteries through activities which range from the study
of subatomic particles, atoms, and molecules that make up the materials of
our everyday world to the study of DNA, proteins, cells, and entire
biological systems;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H76C5AA303C7142B492A2974AD85FE035"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Science for National Need by—</text>
<subparagraph id="H0D38AAA97DDF4B96AAAD8DB784A9DB94"><enum>(A)</enum><text>advancing a clean energy agenda through research on energy production, storage, transmission,
efficiency, and use; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HCD9BB240549B43E28BEB87FE383904E2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>advancing our understanding of the Earth and its climate through research in atmospheric and
environmental sciences and climate change; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H39181E1867BD416ABB78128E6E0958BD"><enum>(3)</enum><text>National Scientific User Facilities to deliver the 21st century tools of science, engineering, and
technology and provide the Nation’s researchers with the most advanced
tools of modern science including accelerators, colliders, supercomputers,
light sources and neutron sources, and facilities for studying complex
molecular systems and the nanoworld.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HF08779BB084D467989AF974F23E8AD51"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Supporting activities</header><text>The activities described in subsection (d) shall include providing for relevant facilities and
infrastructure, programmatic analysis, interagency coordination, and
workforce development and outreach activities.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HE60C14909180434786A39FA05FA04D6D"><enum>(f)</enum><header>User facilities</header>
<paragraph id="H17D7BF7077FC49528588A72A136CBA4D"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Director shall carry out the construction, operation, and maintenance of user facilities,
including underground research facilities, to support the activities
described in subsection (d). As practicable, these facilities shall serve
the needs of the Department, industry, the academic community, and other
relevant entities for the purposes of advancing the missions of the
Department.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE8FCF58196B2417FA769D5AED04C2E5B"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Coordination with other Federal agencies</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Director may form partnerships to enhance the utilization of and ensure access to user
facilities, including underground research facilities, by other Federal
agencies.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC865AE36BD644F3A9B6DF2EA135D5039"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Underground research facilities report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Director shall transmit to
Congress a report describing the underground research priorities of the
Department, taking into consideration previous reports by the High Energy
Physics Advisory Panel, the National Research Council, the Department of
Energy, the National Science Foundation, and other appropriate entities.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H6548C9D0DE3E4E78B7CBD5F919F2E363"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Other authorized activities</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In addition to the activities authorized under the <short-title>Department of Energy Office of Science Authorization Act of 2014</short-title>, the Office of Science shall carry out other such activities as it is authorized or required to
carry out by law.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H381743F2C6684B44A3356C1E23066273"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Coordination and joint activities with other Department of Energy programs</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Under Secretary shall ensure the coordination of activities under the <short-title>Department of Energy Office of Science Authorization Act of 2014</short-title> with the other activities of the Department, and shall support joint activities among the programs
of the Department.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H4CF7BB4F87C24224B734488839BEFCD0"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Domestic manufacturing capability for office of science facilities report</header><text>Not later than one year after the date of enactment of the <short-title>Department of Energy Office of Science Authorization Act of 2014</short-title>, the Secretary shall transmit a report to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the
House of Representatives and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
of the Senate. The report shall—</text>
<paragraph id="H687C40EF429146B88C8013AD8F50949C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>assess the current ability of domestic manufacturers to meet the procurement requirements for major
ongoing projects funded by the Office of Science, including a calculation
of the percentage of equipment acquired from domestic manufacturers for
this purpose; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0EB89283395B4001B37A5AD57671262B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>identify steps that can be taken by the Federal Government and by private industry to increase the
capability of domestic manufacturers to meet procurement requirements of
the Office of Science for major projects.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="HDA9E4A086412435696B8F60A926C8608"><enum>604.</enum><header>Basic energy sciences program</header>
<subsection id="HE354906EDA1648CCA30546D022696475"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Program</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">As part of the activities authorized under the amendment made by section 603, the Director shall
carry out a program in basic energy sciences, including materials sciences
and engineering, chemical sciences, physical biosciences, and geosciences,
for the purpose of providing the scientific foundations for new energy
technologies and addressing scientific grand challenges.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HCC71E3281CB74C63B7977A4F1A5578E0"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Basic energy sciences user facilities</header>
<paragraph id="H0D21B11BB95642CC9E67569FFF06C684"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Director shall carry out a subprogram to support and oversee the construction, operation, and
maintenance of national user facilities that support the program under
this section. As practicable, these facilities shall serve the needs of
the Department, industry, the academic community, and other relevant
entities to create and examine new materials and chemical processes for
the purposes of advancing new energy technologies and improving the
competitiveness of the United States. These facilities shall include—</text>
<subparagraph id="H3A167D09AA47482B8A3476FBF24C70E3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>x-ray light sources;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7C2B9DFEC2EF4CE3AA44386E62EC2EAE"><enum>(B)</enum><text>neutron sources;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H33AD8FE67E8B4EF2A4A409A25C326452"><enum>(C)</enum><text>nanoscale science research centers; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7C638784656C4AFF87A219EA804B5EBB"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">other facilities the Director considers appropriate, consistent with section 209(f) of the
Department of Energy Organization Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/7139">42 U.S.C. 7139(f)</external-xref>).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H3AAB81B539E24C23B5BCFD5FA19269E4"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Facility research and development</header><text>The Director shall carry out research and development on advanced accelerator and storage ring
technologies relevant to the Basic Energy Sciences user facilities, in
consultation with the Office of Science’s High Energy Physics and Nuclear
Physics programs.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H49D14B9633134692A9BD626487BD438A"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Facility construction and upgrades</header><text>Consistent with the Office of Science’s project management practices, the Director shall support
construction of—</text>
<subparagraph id="HF4E70EDCA5114C9FBB2D9F6C67E97491"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an upgrade of the Advanced Photon Source to optimize and enhance beam brightness;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H29B06E1D8B2745A4AD35191DF5253EB1"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a Second Target Station at the Spallation Neutron Source to double user capacity and expand the
suite of instruments to meet new scientific challenges;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD377BE4C6D6640EBAE98A712C167D8EB"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Linac Coherent Light Source II to expand the x-ray wavelength range, incorporate high
repetition rate operation for soft and medium energy x-rays, and increase
user capacity of the Linac Coherent Light Source; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4DAE26D5783F4633B7977261C68EA6D6"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an upgrade to the Advanced Light Source to improve brightness and performance.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H4A0551FBE3B349939BF93F6E5BF8CD10"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Energy frontier research centers</header>
<paragraph id="HB1CB91B138334BBA9AAF9ECDA87DBA5E"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Director shall carry out a program to provide awards, on a competitive, merit-reviewed basis,
to multi-institutional collaborations or other appropriate entities to
conduct fundamental and use-inspired energy research to accelerate
scientific breakthroughs related to needs identified in—</text>
<subparagraph id="H1EC5BBF8FC8F4D9B88B0630ECD21E3E4"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the Grand Challenges report of the Department’s Basic Energy Sciences Advisory Committee;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9B07F5DF32314F0C9E30D9C7B013422A"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the report of the Department’s Basic Energy Sciences Advisory Committee entitled <quote>From Quanta to the Continuum: Opportunities for Mesoscale Science</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5DECA4F87D844898915FADE907F1B260"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the Basic Energy Sciences Basic Research Needs workshop report; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H53062B20D7774BFF90D8532F81766FFE"><enum>(D)</enum><text>other relevant reports identified by the Director.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H7AB68D9F54C244029EE0B4A6BF9691AF"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Collaborations</header><text>A collaboration receiving an award under this subsection may include multiple types of institutions
and private sector entities.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF2553D0EA7BB4565A27695F94F5CE0FC"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Selection and duration</header>
<subparagraph id="H18E523FD8F6A4E7FA7757AB8A973B229"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>A collaboration under this subsection shall be selected for a period of 5 years. An Energy Frontier
Research Center already in existence and supported by the Director on the
date of enactment of this Act may continue to receive support for a period
of 5 years beginning on the date of establishment of that center.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H20D20241269B4C38A92D2050F6867D83"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Reapplication</header><text>After the end of the period described in subparagraph (A), an awardee may reapply for selection for
a second period of 5 years on a competitive, merit-reviewed basis.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H42EB873426344CB7983264FD5CC4AE9D"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Termination</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Consistent with the existing authorities of the Department, the Director may terminate an
underperforming center for cause during the performance period.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H8BA3C2E1C50A48BBABF36E740DBD2255"><enum>(4)</enum><header>No funding for construction</header><text>No funding provided pursuant to this subsection may be used for the construction of new buildings
or facilities.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H4E387148921C4017A6A294525DD3FDED"><enum>605.</enum><header>Biological and environmental research</header>
<subsection id="HF4BF03F1071748D886E1A78846AC1B71"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">As part of the activities authorized under section 209 of the Department of Energy Organization Act
(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/7139">42 U.S.C. 7139</external-xref>), and coordinated with the activities authorized under
section 604 and section 606, the Director shall carry out a program of
research and development in the areas of biological systems science and
climate and environmental science, including subsurface science, to
support the energy and environmental missions of the Department.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H1CDA1596C8BD430E9ECD1898BE822057"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Biological systems science activities</header>
<paragraph id="HB4FF166E40CA4482BDDF4A022D76CBEB"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Activities</header><text>As part of the activities authorized under subsection (a), the Director shall carry out research
and development activities in fundamental, structural, computational, and
systems biology to increase systems-level understanding of the complex
biological systems, which shall include activities to—</text>
<subparagraph id="HE16378A782DC47A091E5F12A2BA4349D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>accelerate breakthroughs and new knowledge that will enable cost-effective sustainable production
of—</text>
<clause id="H01E98574BEC54490B7BF8A8FF9365925"><enum>(i)</enum><text>biomass-based liquid transportation fuels;</text>
</clause><clause id="HF78E894CB1F04743BA08CFEAFB4F4E9B"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>bioenergy; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H047DB4EFEA184D4588C7FFB029A5B895"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>biobased materials;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HBD69C5A744524DE2A772FD2978B923D2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>improve understanding of the global carbon cycle, including processes for removing carbon dioxide
from the atmosphere, through photosynthesis and other biological
processes, for sequestration and storage; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H778CBCA340FA4446A715BD45D6D62C7A"><enum>(C)</enum><text>understand the biological mechanisms used to transform, immobilize, or remove contaminants from
subsurface environments.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H71D13D3EEC3A4B50821676792C139A19"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Bioenergy research centers</header>
<subparagraph id="H56A88BB0EA5A45AA879414D3D1DB2B08"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>In carrying out activities under paragraph (1), the Director shall support at least 3 bioenergy
research centers to accelerate advanced research and development of
biomass-based liquid transportation fuels, bioenergy, or biobased
materials that are produced from a variety of regionally diverse
feedstocks.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HED1A8A2C9C7E4115AFF414CFFC34D18E"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Selection and duration</header><text>A center established under subparagraph (A) shall be selected on a competitive, merit-reviewed
basis for a period of 5 years beginning on the date of establishment of
that center. A center already in existence on the date of enactment of
this Act may continue to receive support for a period of 5 years beginning
on the date of establishment of that center.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDCD008A28BD74714894DB43A580C397E"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Renewal</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">After the end of the period described in subparagraph (B), an awardee may apply for a second period
of 5 years on a merit-reviewed basis.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H50D1E6B1639F4ED091C97CBBF0D13F76"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Termination</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Consistent with the existing authorities of the Department, the Director may terminate an
underperforming center for cause during the performance period.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HFCD08CE699374FBE90155B025FE22F75"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Low dose radiation research program</header>
<subparagraph id="H4C1C41D8E160420AB85CF209A5DA31B2"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Director shall carry out a research program on low dose radiation. The purpose of the program
is to enhance the scientific understanding of and reduce uncertainties
associated with the effects of exposure to low dose radiation in order to
inform improved risk management methods.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H03490696FD3142B085B14D8BCBF19167"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Definition</header><text>In this paragraph, the term <quote>low dose radiation</quote> means a radiation dose of less than 100 millisieverts.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE433AF41B1C846C0BD6F5272AC575B3B"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Study</header><text>Not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Director shall enter into an
agreement with the National Academies to conduct a study assessing the
current status and development of a long-term strategy for low dose
radiation research. The study shall be conducted in coordination with
Federal agencies that perform ionizing radiation effects research.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0931043FFFF74D61B421B46C934B3060"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Contents</header><text>The study performed under subparagraph (C) shall—</text>
<clause id="H8FE68E62063649A8AD2F3BF588C8984A"><enum>(i)</enum><text>identify current scientific challenges for understanding the long-term effects of ionizing
radiation;</text>
</clause><clause id="H22467135808C4B7691037AE4BB312998"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>assess the status of current low dose radiation research in the United States and internationally;</text>
</clause><clause id="H7B191465260D4B82B56193795FEB906F"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>formulate overall scientific goals for the future of low-dose radiation research in the United
States;</text>
</clause><clause id="HB5D35001D1954451A8C654C5A593E895"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>recommend a long-term strategic and prioritized research agenda to address scientific research
goals for overcoming the identified scientific challenges in coordination
with other research efforts;</text>
</clause><clause id="HF520895AA7534786A53EDF2A481E342F"><enum>(v)</enum><text>define the essential components of a research program that would address this research agenda
within the universities and the National Laboratories; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HC65D69C956DE42DB95989DD82D893745"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>assess the cost-benefit effectiveness of such a program.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H94BBC71F5281460C83DC44E07E2250A2"><enum>(E)</enum><header>5-year research plan</header><text>Not later than 90 days after the completion of the assessment performed under subparagraph (C), the
Secretary shall deliver to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology
of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Energy and Natural
Resources of the Senate a five-year research plan that responds to the
assessment’s findings and recommendations and identifies and prioritizes
research needs.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H7DDE1876419247FF8DFEE543B766EA8A"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Repeal</header><text>Section 977 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/16317">42 U.S.C. 16317</external-xref>) is repealed.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HCD90200BD2364293A7691AB96F2A0A65"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Climate and environmental science activities</header>
<paragraph id="HF94F569946D440188389586D8FD18413"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>As part of the activities authorized under subsection (a), and in coordination with activities
carried out under subsection (b), the Director shall carry out climate and
environmental science research, which shall include activities to—</text>
<subparagraph id="H911841EB155641409AED756B36CF8575"><enum>(A)</enum><text>understand, observe, and model the response of Earth’s atmosphere and biosphere to increased
concentrations of greenhouse gas emissions and any associated changes in
climate;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H414C90EEE2C94B5696F995E0BDA0C66B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>understand the processes for immobilization, or removal of, and understand the movement of, energy
production-derived contaminants such as radionuclides and heavy metals,
and understand the process of sequestration and transformation of carbon
dioxide in subsurface environments; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD1A6A3C3CDDD4FB8915DCB3B2454F142"><enum>(C)</enum><text>inform potential mitigation and adaptation options for increased concentrations of greenhouse gas
emissions and any associated changes in climate.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H940438C5BEA04D12A712BF6957CF538A"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Subsurface biogeochemical research</header>
<subparagraph id="H33FAAD3D32644DD59CB62749196FBB5D"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>As part of the activities described in paragraph (1), the Director shall carry out research to
advance a fundamental understanding of coupled physical, chemical, and
biological processes for controlling the movement of sequestered carbon
and subsurface environmental contaminants.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H15F18FCCBA624BD68836FDD6D62D1847"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Coordination</header>
<clause id="H909CDE342BA74C17B46DD283CFC76A02"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Director</header><text>The Director shall carry out activities under this paragraph in accordance with priorities
established by the Under Secretary to support and accelerate the
decontamination of relevant facilities managed by the Department.</text>
</clause><clause id="H3A73967FF0494F71AC76EDF12435882D"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Under secretary</header><text>The Under Secretary shall ensure the coordination of activities of the Department, including
activities under this paragraph, to support and accelerate the
decontamination of relevant facilities managed by the Department.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HAD2ED9D7D4B24E4AAA6FF6B30623D42A"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Climate and earth modeling</header><text>As part of the activities described in paragraph (1), the Director, in collaboration with the
Advanced Scientific Computing Research program described in section 606,
shall carry out research to develop, evaluate, and use high-resolution
regional climate, global climate, and Earth models to inform decisions on
reducing the impacts of a changing climate. Such modeling shall include,
among other critical elements, greenhouse gas emissions, land use, and
interaction among human and Earth systems.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="HBFDB0AACA9E54B6DA4C90E85FF1B5970"><enum>606.</enum><header>Advanced scientific computing research program</header>
<subsection id="HC723C7DFD6D3430EB0862C05043A22CA"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">As part of the activities authorized under section 209 of the Department of Energy Organization Act
(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/7139">42 U.S.C. 7139</external-xref>), the Director shall carry out a research, development,
demonstration, and commercial application program to advance computational
and networking capabilities for data-driven discovery and to analyze,
model, simulate, and predict complex phenomena relevant to the development
of new energy technologies and the competitiveness of the United States.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H4AA8C1D297C3400FB1F063F9B9CD13A9"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Coordination</header>
<text>The Under Secretary shall ensure the coordination of the activities of the Department, including
activities under this section, to determine and meet the computational and
networking research and facility needs of the Office of Science and all
other relevant energy technology and energy efficiency programs within the
Department.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H6C876E019BF64399B8A991488F98C23B"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Research To support energy applications</header>
<paragraph id="H248701933EFC47FFB6EA4D8209B68718"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>As part of the activities authorized under subsection (a), the program shall support research in
high-performance computing and networking relevant to energy applications
including modeling, simulation, and advanced data analytics for basic and
applied energy research programs carried out by the Secretary.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE005163082B242FF89CA9EB1028A4E18"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall transmit to the
Congress a plan to integrate and leverage the expertise and capabilities
of the program described in subsection (a), as well as other relevant
computational and networking research programs and resources supported by
the Federal Government, to advance the missions of the Department’s
applied energy and energy efficiency programs.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H6CA6215D09994AA0989D978F1DBEA298"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Applied mathematics and software development for high-End computing systems</header><text>The Director shall carry out activities to develop, test, and support mathematics, models, and
algorithms for complex systems, as well as programming environments,
tools, languages, and operating systems for high-end computing systems (as
defined in section 2 of the Department of Energy High-End Computing
Revitalization Act of 2004 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/5541">15 U.S.C. 5541</external-xref>)).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H55FBDEB4894A4CE6959DD3CEC8C08066"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Exascale computing program</header><text>Section 3 of the Department of Energy High-End Computing Revitalization Act of 2004 (15 U.S.C.
5542) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H160A62A0DD7344799571E86BBBED8E82"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H756D16148A634FDA953B0553F2BEF1E2"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by striking <quote>program</quote> and inserting <quote>coordinated program across the Department</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE91FEC9A88714757BD8F1674A49E2126"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end of paragraph (1);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE4308F9B62FD49D2928D451EEC471BD5"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by striking the period at the end of paragraph (2) and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDEF707DA25184072BA78A1C75C00C661"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following new paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block id="H7F8463EF45AF4E27B0DAEA2469A471B0" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H6FCC1989E0214D4498A1C2B64895C3F4"><enum>(3)</enum><text>partner with universities, National Laboratories, and industry to ensure the broadest possible
application of the technology developed in this program to other
challenges in science, engineering, medicine, and industry.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H9AD14F8920CF420484054D9E6C16E64A"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (b)(2), by striking <quote>vector</quote> and all that follows through <quote>architectures</quote> and inserting <quote>computer technologies that show promise of substantial reductions in power requirements and
substantial gains in parallelism of multicore processors, concurrency,
memory and storage, bandwidth, and reliability</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7A5BA234E8EC44CEA5C97E780479BDB8"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by striking subsection (d) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="HED3A5066064D490088FF0530EB2D55B9" style="OLC">
<subsection id="HB0A48D90B7E34DD79F33DBD470F9B5A3"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Exascale computing program</header>
<paragraph id="H980AAA08754E40AEBA5FDC394C275847"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall conduct a coordinated research program to develop exascale computing systems to
advance the missions of the Department.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H040C6D9209CA466F9491B3D2102135E6"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Execution</header><text>The Secretary shall, through competitive merit review, establish two or more National
Laboratory-industry-university partnerships to conduct integrated
research, development, and engineering of multiple exascale architectures,
and—</text>
<subparagraph id="H6FBCFF1478A74BCB9B526E056D52A398"><enum>(A)</enum><text>conduct mission-related co-design activities in developing such exascale platforms;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2C0CFCC921A0426D986887F668C01D83"><enum>(B)</enum><text>develop those advancements in hardware and software technology required to fully realize the
potential of an exascale production system in addressing Department target
applications and solving scientific problems involving predictive modeling
and simulation and large-scale data analytics and management; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1484F5F516EF4EAEB73FE3F02CA771A5"><enum>(C)</enum><text>explore the use of exascale computing technologies to advance a broad range of science and
engineering.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H5197FB7BD7AD4F86876234ECB52FCB18"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Administration</header><text>In carrying out this program, the Secretary shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="H4E800907A48C4891B206FF67E7017954"><enum>(A)</enum><text>provide, on a competitive, merit-reviewed basis, access for researchers in United States industry,
institutions of higher education, National Laboratories, and other Federal
agencies to these exascale systems, as appropriate; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDC77FFEC95024231BECD8F21C3A80EE6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>conduct outreach programs to increase the readiness for the use of such platforms by domestic
industries, including manufacturers.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H901C4CE89D1D4395B4FDA682864F76A5"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Reports</header>
<subparagraph id="H9B8B006CD0D64F909AE415873D607CF9"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Integrated strategy and program management plan</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall submit to Congress, not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of the <short-title>Department of Energy Office of Science Authorization Act of 2014</short-title>, a report outlining an integrated strategy and program management plan, including target dates for
prototypical and production exascale platforms, interim milestones to
reaching these targets, functional requirements, roles and
responsibilities of National Laboratories and industry, acquisition
strategy, and estimated resources required, to achieve this exascale
system capability. The report shall include the Secretary’s plan for
Departmental organization to manage and execute the Exascale Computing
Program, including definition of the roles and responsibilities within the
Department to ensure an integrated program across the Department. The
report shall also include a plan for ensuring balance and prioritizing
across ASCR subprograms in a flat or slow-growth budget environment.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HBB1E701718904F81A8364C6C0827FC15"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Status reports</header><text>At the time of the budget submission of the Department for each fiscal year, the Secretary shall
submit a report to Congress that describes the status of milestones and
costs in achieving the objectives of the exascale computing program.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5E56568901EE46D3A80DEF44BCCCD560"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Exascale merit report</header><text>At least 18 months prior to the initiation of construction or installation of any exascale-class
computing facility, the Secretary shall transmit a plan to the Congress
detailing—</text>
<clause id="HA6ECFC2E2D424374956AB0FE15B77F48"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the proposed facility’s cost projections and capabilities to significantly accelerate the
development of new energy technologies;</text>
</clause><clause id="H99AD9DBC2CC048D1B7A8D934A0134D47"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>technical risks and challenges that must be overcome to achieve successful completion and operation
of the facility; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H18A92B76111843EBB1E508981B26D048"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>an independent assessment of the scientific and technological advances expected from such a
facility relative to those expected from a comparable investment in
expanded research and applications at terascale-class and petascale-class
computing facilities, including an evaluation of where investments should
be made in the system software and algorithms to enable these advances.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H3FEF2BA2AEF440E99EBE23BFFD4E9F73"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>Section 2 of the Department of Energy High-End Computing Revitalization Act of 2004 (15 U.S.C.
5541) is amended by striking paragraphs (1) through (5) and inserting the
following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H4310EC4944534115AF6652CD7D0A9689" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HCB3C2366CD8D45A79F44F45A48F17971"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Co-design</header><text>The term <quote>co-design</quote> means the joint development of application algorithms, models, and codes with computer technology
architectures and operating systems to maximize effective use of high-end
computing systems.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HFB0D65DFB1CB41CFB5BD1C4BC2B74696"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Department</header><text>The term <quote>Department</quote> means the Department of Energy.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HEBA86EB79BEC4857AED4D00C0A8A382E"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Exascale</header><text>The term <quote>exascale</quote> means computing system performance at or near 10 to the 18th power floating point operations per
second.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2444AEB1DA8C4A97AC60D78A8C480A10"><enum>(4)</enum><header>High-end computing system</header><text>The term <quote>high-end computing system</quote> means a computing system with performance that substantially exceeds that of systems that are
commonly available for advanced scientific and engineering applications.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H562CA7489EA8440CA998B23D0F0E0D36"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Leadership system</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <quote>Leadership System</quote> means a high-end computing system that is among the most advanced in the world in terms of
performance in solving scientific and engineering problems.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7C7A6557DEF14E398572B9DE92C5C89E"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Institution of higher education</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <quote>institution of higher education</quote> has the meaning given the term in section 2 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/15801">42 U.S.C. 15801</external-xref>).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1BE1201B1FFD46E783AE07AA57A3605A"><enum>(7)</enum><header>National laboratory</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term ‘National Laboratory’ has the meaning given the term in section 2 of the Energy Policy Act
of 2005 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/15801">42 U.S.C. 15801</external-xref>).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8AB4B9A9557446519A899827ECC167CA"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Secretary</header><text>The term <quote>Secretary</quote> means the Secretary of Energy.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H589CEDBB06C24F1F976412EA9A4138DC"><enum>(9)</enum><header>Software technology</header><text>The term <quote>software technology</quote> includes optimal algorithms, programming environments, tools, languages, and operating systems for
high-end computing systems.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section id="H5F34252D2D594CCA90B03C4CDD5FDC5F"><enum>607.</enum><header>Fusion energy research</header>
<subsection id="H13F90A6A290042D9B2642BB73AF3A3C5"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Program</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">As part of the activities authorized under section 209 of the Department of Energy Organization Act
(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/7139">42 U.S.C. 7139</external-xref>) and section 972 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42
U.S.C. 16312), the Director shall carry out a fusion energy sciences
research and enabling technology development program to effectively
address the scientific and engineering challenges to building a
cost-competitive fusion power plant and a competitive fusion power
industry in the United States. As part of this program, the Director shall
carry out research activities to expand the fundamental understandings of
plasmas and matter at very high temperatures and densities.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HE5EA5AE54D314FDF853F7077A8304F6B"><enum>(b)</enum><header>ITER</header><text>The Director shall coordinate and carry out the responsibilities of the United States with respect
to the ITER international fusion project pursuant to the Agreement on the
Establishment of the International Fusion Energy Organization for the
Joint Implementation of the ITER Project.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H26B50F9D413E4D009AFD386F7D87493C"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Identification of priorities</header>
<paragraph id="H4C0E8E1FA8A541ACAA70E2FE4ADF9B1F"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not later than 18 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall transmit to
the Congress a report on the Department’s proposed research and
development activities in magnetic fusion over the 10 years following the
date of enactment of this Act under at least three realistic budget
scenarios. The report shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="H8E1D2B369E7641A1ADEF75580FB48343"><enum>(A)</enum><text>identify specific areas of fusion energy research enabling technology development in which the
United States can and should establish or solidify a lead in the global
fusion energy development effort; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H63070936D85D478EBF77A39490AFAF58"><enum>(B)</enum><text>identify priorities for initiation of facility construction and facility decommissioning under each
of those scenarios.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HDDC545BB2B054853B5D5EED754397CD6"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Review</header><text>The report shall be reviewed by the Fusion Energy Sciences Advisory Committee prior to its
transmittal to Congress. The Secretary shall provide the Fusion Energy
Sciences Advisory Committee with the opportunity and sufficient resources
to submit its own recommendations and additional views on the Department’s
final report to Congress.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HB51C1AF8D6ED431C82BCBD8AEA0E336A"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Fusion materials research and development</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">As part of the activities authorized in section 978 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C.
16318), the Director, in coordination with the Assistant Secretary for
Nuclear Energy of the Department, shall carry out research and development
activities to identify, characterize, and create materials that can endure
the neutron, plasma, and heat fluxes expected in a commercial fusion power
plant. As part of the activities authorized under subsection (c), the
Secretary shall—</text>
<paragraph id="H00D034A450244DAB98CACB3BCDC955BA"><enum>(1)</enum><text>provide an assessment of the need for a facility or facilities that can examine and test potential
fusion and next generation fission materials and other enabling
technologies relevant to the development of commercial fusion power
plants; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H10B50254219649E8A09B87BCD2983EFA"><enum>(2)</enum><text>provide an assessment of whether a single new facility that substantially addresses magnetic
fusion, inertial fusion, and next generation fission materials research
needs is feasible, in conjunction with the expected capabilities of
facilities operational as of the date of enactment of this Act.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HF8005DF37DC64836BC190C2FC3C4F7D5"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Inertial fusion energy research and development program</header><text>The Secretary shall carry out a program of research and technology development in inertial fusion
for energy applications, including ion beam, laser, and pulsed power
fusion systems.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H47364394414740F1B66C441FC531DEEA"><enum>608.</enum><header>High energy physics program</header>
<subsection id="H98960AD59EED42F4A76F98F73AE58289"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">As part of the activities authorized under section 209 of the Department of Energy Organization Act
(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/7139">42 U.S.C. 7139</external-xref>), the Director shall carry out a research program on the
elementary constituents of matter and energy and the nature of space and
time.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H94D05D7BF9904F2EA81B444F7980DFBB"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Energy frontier research</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">As part of the program described in subsection (a), the Director shall carry out research using
high energy accelerators and advanced detectors to create and study
interactions of novel particles and investigate fundamental forces.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H331CB9D89E264E67BA9144BCAB0DD08B"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Neutrino research</header><text>As part of the program described in subsection (a), the Director shall carry out research
activities on rare decay processes and the nature of the neutrino, which
may—</text>
<paragraph id="H9D818BF22B4646258A1921F018A73347"><enum>(1)</enum><text>include collaborations with the National Science Foundation or international collaborations on
relevant research projects; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF356F6B4A1464E48AAE8C50FABCC0340"><enum>(2)</enum><text>utilize components of existing accelerator facilities to produce neutrino beams of sufficient
intensity to explore research priorities identified by the High Energy
Physics Advisory Panel or the National Academy of Sciences.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H62EAB2A63BFC439DB95D87754CF1B490"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Dark energy and dark matter research</header><text>As part of the program described in subsection (a), the Director shall carry out research
activities on the nature of dark energy and dark matter. These activities
shall be consistent with the research priorities identified by the High
Energy Physics Advisory Panel or the National Academy of Sciences, and may
include—</text>
<paragraph id="HB40F74DE63944929AFE520F0A4C2B704"><enum>(1)</enum><text>collaborations with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the National Science
Foundation, or international collaborations on relevant research projects;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H25B7916F26914E52A92B3314D503DA0F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the development of space-based, land-based, and underground facilities and experiments.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H5C8FFEDDB084417AA2E55BE032138B62"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Accelerator research and development</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">As part of the program described in subsection (a), the Director shall carry out research and
development in advanced accelerator concepts and technologies, including
laser technologies, to reduce the necessary scope and cost for the next
generation of particle accelerators, in coordination with the Office of
Science’s Basic Energy Sciences and Nuclear Physics programs.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HBF45CF63E55545BAB70898B37B05199B"><enum>(f)</enum><header>International collaboration</header><text>The Director, as practicable and in coordination with other appropriate Federal agencies as
necessary, shall ensure the access of United States researchers to the
most advanced accelerator facilities and research capabilities in the
world, including the Large Hadron Collider.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H8F1BE96E6D8E45869B5B85ACA4B9C658"><enum>609.</enum><header>Nuclear physics program</header>
<subsection id="H9ECAD1CDB6384BAD9BF102B9C6A1DE5F"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Program</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">As part of the activities authorized under section 209 of the Department of Energy Organization Act
(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/7139">42 U.S.C. 7139</external-xref>), the Director shall carry out a research program, and
support relevant facilities, to discover and understand various forms of
nuclear matter.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HAAFF7C1F01514099889D77495FE74C9E"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Facility construction</header>
<paragraph id="HE7A8EF837EA04718969072C3EEB80510"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Consistent with the Office of Science’s project management practices, the Director shall continue
to support the construction of the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA7AA41A4813A47A594249A2A6B87DE43"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Repeal</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 981 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/16321">42 U.S.C. 16321</external-xref>) is repealed.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HC5E0D0BAE2504B10A2C4594E3F471503"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Isotope development and production for research applications</header>
<paragraph id="HB965903F9D7A47C09BD884B3065817C7"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Director shall carry out a program for the production of isotopes that the Director determines
are needed for research and applications, including—</text>
<subparagraph id="H637AC7AB11564BE8931152C4C76610E8"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the development of techniques to produce isotopes; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1964B55183714ECE8DF0F1045BD46E8E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>support for infrastructure required for isotope research and production.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H3997EA4B2ABD45EDBE85773965346C35"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Coordination</header><text>In making the determination described in paragraph (1), the Secretary shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="H5C1E66B663C94EC7952A137A17C7E158"><enum>(A)</enum><text>ensure that isotope production activities do not compete with private industry unless critical
national interests necessitate the Federal Government’s involvement; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA29BDECE7B5D405AB277CA3F9746E400"><enum>(B)</enum><text>consider any relevant recommendations made by Federal advisory committees, the National Academies,
and interagency working groups in which the Department participates.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="HB69A996AF7914D6497C614F719135BAE"><enum>610.</enum><header>Science laboratories infrastructure program</header>
<subsection id="H4D561C8C29184F7CB0EDB589F8A805AA"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Program</header><text>The Director shall carry out a program to improve the safety, efficiency, and mission readiness of
infrastructure at Office of Science laboratories. The program shall
include projects to—</text>
<paragraph id="H24D136FE60974C29BC5538541D5061D3"><enum>(1)</enum><text>renovate or replace space that does not meet research needs;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1541756D40D54BA29C275C396F0484E9"><enum>(2)</enum><text>replace facilities that are no longer cost effective to renovate or operate;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF38192918166472FAE3F50CE47ADA2BB"><enum>(3)</enum><text>modernize utility systems to prevent failures and ensure efficiency;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB7C73F4E8D32450C86E26E0F86563F29"><enum>(4)</enum><text>remove excess facilities to allow safe and efficient operations; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA0C580059238439194F386569B43B0FC"><enum>(5)</enum><text>construct modern facilities to conduct advanced research in controlled environmental conditions.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H63C36E5C79DA4436BE856BF217BD92ED"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Approach</header><text>In carrying out this section, the Director shall utilize all available approaches and mechanisms,
including capital line items, minor construction projects, energy savings
performance contracts, utility energy service contracts, alternative
financing, and expense funding, as appropriate.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HB19F127F49694979BE518C09EAD9CEF3"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Definition</header><text>The term <quote>Office of Science laboratory</quote> means a subset of National Laboratories as defined in section 2(3) of the Energy Policy Act of
2005 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/15801">42 U.S.C. 15801</external-xref>) consisting of subparagraphs (A), (B), (C), (D),
(F), (K), (L), (M), (P), and (Q).</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H2A253DF057914F4A8F63C879CF1B0544"><enum>611.</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary for the activities of the Office of
Science—</text>
<paragraph id="H41177EF94F844710B054B55EBE2A0342"><enum>(1)</enum><text>$5,324,550,000 for fiscal year 2015;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2D36191698214AE48EC4E4518EFE3568"><enum>(2)</enum><text>$5,590,777,500 for fiscal year 2016;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5E476489520F4899809263FD970CA053"><enum>(3)</enum><text>$5,870,316,375 for fiscal year 2017;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HBBB98715BD6848249491EBCE7B121379"><enum>(4)</enum><text>$6,163,832,194 for fiscal year 2018; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H96976A30F6374FA3B8A6006865B1D25A"><enum>(5)</enum><text>$6,472,023,803 for fiscal year 2019.</text>
</paragraph></section></subtitle><subtitle id="H05124F44C6024E38BB47847D2F2BBA68"><enum>B</enum><header>ARPA–E</header>
<section id="H39D328A926BE4130BC11C866FB2BBE6E"><enum>621.</enum><header>Short title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This subtitle may be cited as the <quote><short-title>ARPA–E Reauthorization Act of 2014</short-title></quote>.</text>
</section><section id="H2C1FD35070B04CA5B8FA403FBAE5045F"><enum>622.</enum><header>ARPA–E amendments</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 5012 of the America COMPETES Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/16538">42 U.S.C. 16538</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HF0118B2F7A1946E2B0A489D5E1D1AF42"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating subsection (n) as subsection (o) and inserting after subsection (m) the following
new subsection:</text>
<quoted-block id="H998FC24ADFFA40DAA6C3D03FEA10468F" style="OLC">
<subsection id="HC86CABE06E524C4B837C07ED26CF0B4A"><enum>(n)</enum><header>Protection of proprietary information</header><text>The following categories of information collected by the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy
from recipients of financial assistance awards shall be considered
privileged and confidential and not subject to disclosure pursuant to
<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/5/552">section 552</external-xref> of title 5, United States Code:</text>
<paragraph id="HBDD7A31EDB694C0890FD9B3B159A1688"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Plans for commercialization of technologies developed under the award, including business plans,
technology to market plans, market studies, and cost and performance
models.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF24923347ABB4A4E97A5FFF4E044DBA0"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Investments provided to an awardee from third parties, such as venture capital, hedge fund, or
private equity firms, including amounts and percentage of ownership of the
awardee provided in return for such investments.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF84023F877474286B9DB78A9F996B6EF"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Additional financial support that the awardee plans to invest or has invested into the technology
developed under the award, or that the awardee is seeking from third
parties.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H48C7C328EC0648FA89ECB0988AB1272A"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Revenue from the licensing or sale of new products or services resulting from the research
conducted under the award.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H378824514A5340E8B48F964D9A22BE63"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (2) of subsection (o), as so redesignated by paragraph (1) of this section, by—</text>
<subparagraph id="H2B86B41493BE4E9EBD302541CEE26C23"><enum>(A)</enum><text>striking <quote>and</quote> at the end of subparagraph (D);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0DCD9DF22E6949F691468EA38BBDDCDF"><enum>(B)</enum><text>striking the period at the end of subparagraph (E) and inserting a semicolon; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5475454C73BE40118BD595786AEC93EC"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H38683B5DD5D74CDD80D81E82CE89EFAF" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="HCCBC68BAE36F4FE982B96377374D8B11"><enum>(F)</enum><text>$325,000,000 for fiscal year 2015;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H18C85006EDDC43F49B9C56E85B14E7C9"><enum>(G)</enum><text>$341,250,000 for fiscal year 2016;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H77CDC9A5E1BA4270A25B684C4572086C"><enum>(H)</enum><text>$358,312,500 for fiscal year 2017;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDA18A59D810A45A7A7A2F1D66D80258F"><enum>(I)</enum><text>$376,228,125 for fiscal year 2018; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H99AD081F28704CD288D7D485105848F0"><enum>(J)</enum><text>$395,039,531 for fiscal year 2019.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph></section></subtitle><subtitle id="H47E3B6470E41481D81D6D63E0B389C39"><enum>C</enum><header>Energy Innovation</header>
<section id="HAF8430CB5D4C45FBAD494816B336C4C5"><enum>641.</enum><header>Energy innovation hubs</header>
<subsection id="H7D1BA0990B3841D0AE5D2236FC5CDECD"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Authorization of program</header>
<paragraph id="H47A9318345CE4438B4A242D328FA361A"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary of Energy shall carry out a program to enhance the Nation’s economic, environmental,
and energy security by making awards to consortia for establishing and
operating Energy Innovation Hubs to conduct and support, whenever
practicable at one centralized location, multidisciplinary, collaborative
research, development, demonstration, and commercial application of
advanced energy technologies.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE71E042262C24004B0983E2AF3319FC6"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Technology development focus</header><text>The Secretary shall designate for each Hub a unique advanced energy technology focus.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB356EB35F4F84F3F85E6B73AA9EE7CC4"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Coordination</header><text>The Secretary shall ensure the coordination of, and avoid unnecessary duplication of, the
activities of Hubs with those of other Department of Energy research
entities, including the National Laboratories, the Advanced Research
Projects Agency-Energy, Energy Frontier Research Centers, and within
industry.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HB54D8DC1FC034190AB796E346DD46B62"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Consortia</header>
<paragraph id="HF7F5C28DCADC4335A5EFDD4AA43710E2"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Eligibility</header><text>To be eligible to receive an award under this section for the establishment and operation of a Hub,
a consortium shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="HB50ECCE5CE794CA3A745CF1469998B11"><enum>(A)</enum><text>be composed of no fewer than 2 qualifying entities; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H20D3F2F2BCDB43799CEBE70F6A3E43A7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>operate subject to an agreement entered into by its members that documents—</text>
<clause id="HADA169CBC2164854A8248C0F60DF3EE0"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the proposed partnership agreement, including the governance and management structure of the Hub;</text>
</clause><clause id="H7A719B23156B4B0797519AD9F5AE82F7"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>measures to enable cost-effective implementation of the program under this section;</text>
</clause><clause id="H7C8B1CE3E49D4EC0B20CA7255594B65B"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>a proposed budget, including financial contributions from non-Federal sources;</text>
</clause><clause id="HB0665FA3B4B846ADB216FF505017AFF5"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>a plan for managing intellectual property rights; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H9EAFA843168C47A48EA0A2BD638ACD18"><enum>(v)</enum><text>an accounting structure that enables the Secretary to ensure that the consortium has complied with
the requirements of this section.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HDEA9672DBE744808BA071754B89D7019"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Application</header><text>A consortium seeking to establish and operate a Hub under this section, acting through a prime
applicant, shall transmit to the Secretary an application at such time, in
such form, and accompanied by such information as the Secretary shall
require, including a detailed description of the elements of the
consortium agreement required under paragraph (1)(B). If the consortium
members will not be located at one centralized location, such application
shall include a communications plan that ensures close coordination and
integration of the Hub’s activities.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H2755ECDBC0804DD6A451BFE901BFAA0E"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Selection and schedule</header><text>The Secretary shall select consortia for awards for the establishment and operation of Hubs through
competitive selection processes. In selecting consortia, the Secretary
shall consider the information a consortium must disclose according to
subsection (b), as well as any existing facilities a consortium will
provide for Hub activities. Awards made to a Hub shall be for a period not
to exceed 5 years, after which the award may be renewed, subject to a
rigorous merit review. A Hub already in existence on the date of enactment
of this Act may continue to receive support for a period of 5 years
beginning on the date of establishment of that Hub.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H8A56828B47FC40BBBAF8175933DEB00D"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Hub operations</header>
<paragraph id="HC1EC5E0473CA4192B1806D6D92BCA647"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Each Hub shall conduct or provide for multidisciplinary, collaborative research, development,
demonstration, and, where appropriate, commercial application of advanced
energy technologies within the technology development focus designated
under subsection (a)(2). Each Hub shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="H1BADA14EF89549E5BCA0B48F584EEE45"><enum>(A)</enum><text>encourage collaboration and communication among the member qualifying entities of the consortium
and awardees by conducting activities whenever practicable at one
centralized location;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9FCAF11BE04B459C91A388447F9634D3"><enum>(B)</enum><text>develop and publish on the Department of Energy’s website proposed plans and programs;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3042348CBC7B46868E8F4CE9C7D98161"><enum>(C)</enum><text>submit an annual report to the Secretary summarizing the Hub’s activities, including detailing
organizational expenditures, and describing each project undertaken by the
Hub; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9321112055F54DFDAE60B1A0ADA6A1D0"><enum>(D)</enum><text>monitor project implementation and coordination.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H0D6912FDB68D4F3783631839EAE2AB29"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Conflicts of interest</header>
<subparagraph id="HB046B6183B2D4BFDADC5E33A0BD9DF63"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Procedures</header><text>Hubs shall maintain conflict of interest procedures, consistent with those of the Department of
Energy, to ensure that employees and consortia designees for Hub
activities who are in decisionmaking capacities disclose all material
conflicts of interest.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2DE6CFB6B2BF4234B1438D8A2FD61919"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Disqualification and revocation</header><text>The Secretary may disqualify an application or revoke funds distributed to a Hub if the Secretary
discovers a failure to comply with conflict of interest procedures
established under subparagraph (A).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H6D536556E59647BC92DCCCDB24FE2F5B"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Prohibition on construction</header>
<subparagraph id="H6361A8D544FF4858ABAC39D831AFCB55"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>No funds provided pursuant to this section may be used for construction of new buildings or
facilities for Hubs. Construction of new buildings or facilities shall not
be considered as part of the non-Federal share of a Hub cost-sharing
agreement.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H785818F1CA1B4F91B3295AE802C54B36"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Test bed and renovation exception</header><text>Nothing in this subsection shall prohibit the use of funds provided pursuant to this section, or
non-Federal cost share funds, for research or for the construction of a
test bed or renovations to existing buildings or facilities for the
purposes of research if the Secretary determines that the test bed or
renovations are limited to a scope and scale necessary for the research to
be conducted.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H979E810465714F35AF986AF08ABC865F"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Termination</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Consistent with the existing authorities of the Department, the Secretary may terminate an
underperforming Hub for cause during the performance period.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H576FA3BB978C4004A91AFC2CAAFCCBB2"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>For purposes of this section:</text>
<paragraph id="HD56FBB008CF945F384C3FF504463C0C2"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Advanced energy technology</header><text>The term <quote>advanced energy technology</quote> means—</text>
<subparagraph id="H4D75BBD6871A46C69C797395CCFF143B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>an innovative technology—</text>
<clause id="HD7A639B013EE4B96A9A94AEE01A48320"><enum>(i)</enum><text>that produces energy from solar, wind, geothermal, biomass, tidal, wave, ocean, or other renewable
energy resources;</text>
</clause><clause id="H6C7E57614CB04036ADC1705AF5CB9D07"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>that produces nuclear energy;</text>
</clause><clause id="H774B425250704C0DBBF4CD6AD5C44369"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>for carbon capture and sequestration;</text>
</clause><clause id="H63C331F61DA542B3A5CF801AB058EB9F"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>that enables advanced vehicles, vehicle components, and related technologies that result in
significant energy savings;</text>
</clause><clause id="H3048811F60134353947EB90F2E2985C5"><enum>(v)</enum><text>that generates, transmits, distributes, utilizes, or stores energy more efficiently than
conventional technologies, including through Smart Grid technologies; or</text>
</clause><clause id="H9C50C2F01DA743AC987849DE4C1802B7"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>that enhances the energy independence and security of the United States by enabling improved or
expanded supply and production of domestic energy resources, including
coal, oil, and natural gas;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE3A0E7B693F8414C9E958B8BE9654854"><enum>(B)</enum><text>research, development, demonstration, and commercial application activities necessary to ensure the
long-term, secure, and sustainable supply of energy critical elements; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE4E98D9116FD41C8A71FCCAA7737029D"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">another innovative energy technology area identified by the Secretary.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H93AE2F61DD4046F7A3CE12E98A1AF5B1"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Energy critical element</header><text>The term <quote>energy critical element</quote> means any of a class of chemical elements that have a high risk of a supply disruption and are
critical to one or more new, energy-related technologies such that a
shortage of such element would significantly inhibit large-scale
deployment of technologies that produce, transmit, store, or conserve
energy.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB243B06930644DDDB579F0A440D5AE1B"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Hub</header><text>The term <quote>Hub</quote> means an Energy Innovation Hub established or operating in accordance with this section, including
any Energy Innovation Hub existing as of the date of enactment of this
Act.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HAC9532725C21423ABD88D3D955923245"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Qualifying entity</header><text>The term <quote>qualifying entity</quote> means—</text>
<subparagraph id="H579C26EC5A3A48ADBB4FB85C3A3AD776"><enum>(A)</enum><text>an institution of higher education;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4EF9B64882EE4CF1B94D9EFD56DDF7C7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>an appropriate State or Federal entity, including the Department of Energy Federally Funded
Research and Development Centers;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H66BBC8CBE1DD4FF9A091009AC9B76A0E"><enum>(C)</enum><text>a nongovernmental organization with expertise in advanced energy technology research, development,
demonstration, or commercial application; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDA276ABF5CA84117A4D470850D3785C4"><enum>(D)</enum><text>any other relevant entity the Secretary considers appropriate.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H2560B8281A15428F8A0BF47AF3F8E68D"><enum>642.</enum><header>Participation in the Innovation Corps program</header>
<subsection id="H97F7CCC9B39D4B14B4538E8CE0E0AD68"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Agreement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of Energy shall enter into an agreement with the Director of the National Science
Foundation to enable researchers funded by the Department of Energy to
participate in the Innovation Corps program authorized by section 307.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HB0E57480478E46038892A76372747D0F"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Authorization</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of Energy may also establish a Department of Energy Innovation Corps program, modeled
after the National Science Foundation Innovation Corps program, to
incorporate experts from the Department of Energy National Laboratories in
the training curriculum of the program.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H907F2DCD3AFC4A5B988381D161D5E9E2"><enum>643.</enum><header>Technology transfer</header>
<subsection id="HDF5C85B4E12044F2B9349138C3094A31"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall transmit to
the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the House of
Representatives and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the
Senate a report which shall include—</text>
<paragraph id="HF785FAE017264FD2AA152CEB1A1C68D4"><enum>(1)</enum><text>an assessment of the Department’s current ability to carry out the goals of section 1001 of the
Energy Policy Act of 2005 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/16391">42 U.S.C. 16391</external-xref>), including an assessment of
the role and effectiveness of the Technology Transfer Coordinator
position; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD549C25868F3444AA25F397FB96774E3"><enum>(2)</enum><text>recommended departmental policy changes and legislative changes to section 1001 of the Energy
Policy Act of 2005 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/16391">42 U.S.C. 16391</external-xref>) to improve the Department’s ability
to successfully transfer new energy technologies to the private sector.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H17CDC89F6E9F490F9F4535B5CFD5A2FE"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Amendments</header><text>Section 1001 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/16391">42 U.S.C. 16391</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H1C760436690C466B9EEBF6110162A941"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating subsections (f) and (g) as subsections (h) and (i), respectively; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD4A9DA4F161F4BEDAAAA6F1E5B740C13"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting after subsection (e) the following new subsections:</text>
<quoted-block id="HEC9DDE0FA5FD4A85ADDE0C404D307647" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H3314630766F943DA8C91FF7367CB5AD3"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Agreements for commercializing technology</header>
<paragraph id="HF3C251BE7EB04B9986451291B1C0F87D"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary may permit the directors of the National Laboratories to exercise Agreements for
Commercializing Technology authority and execute agreements with
non-Federal entities to sponsor research and development activities at the
National Laboratories.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HABC574D56E3143518B3EF1189ADAFD57"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Eligibility</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">When exercising the authority authorized by this subsection, the Secretary shall permit the
directors of the National Laboratories to execute agreements with
non-Federal entities, including non-Federal entities that have received
Federal funding, provided that the non-Federal entity uses no funds
derived from a current Federal contract or award to carry out such an
agreement.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HAFDE190C717444C1A679903DC83B49B0"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Continuation of authority</header><text>The Secretary shall continue to provide Agreements for Commercializing Technology authority for at
least 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA858E0936DCD4D2B9BE0228474718C10"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Upon completion of the Agreements for Commercializing Technology pilot program, the Secretary shall
submit a report to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the
House of Representatives and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
of the Senate that includes the results of the pilot program and explains
the Department’s decision whether or not to continue permitting the
directors of the National Laboratories to exercise Agreements for
Commercializing Technology authority.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H00B3E6E864474D8AACEBAFE0D05CE193"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Inclusion of technology maturation in authorized technology transfer activities</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall permit the directors of the National Laboratories to use funds authorized to
support technology transfer, following the standard practices of the
Department, to carry out technology maturation activities to identify and
improve potential commercial application opportunities and demonstrate
applications of research and technologies arising from National Laboratory
activities.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HA553ED2EEF1E4DB4A5916C80D273EE5D"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Delegation of authority for technology transfer agreements</header>
<paragraph id="HF3DC916B2390429B89EAB45D99FA057A"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Authority</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of Energy shall delegate to directors of the National Laboratories signature
authority for any technology transfer agreement with a total cost of not
more than $500,000, including both National Laboratory contributions and
the project recipient cost share contribution, if such an agreement falls
within the scope of a strategic plan for the National Laboratory that has
been approved by the Department.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB35955727B674EF9BA196178E1E03967"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Agreements included</header><text>The agreements to which this subsection applies include—</text>
<subparagraph id="HA868E1C31CC0495A806ED56BE891CA7F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Cooperative Research and Development Agreements; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HAD9384A883A5437FA7CBFBC392E0B979"><enum>(B)</enum><text>non-Federal Work for Others Agreements.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H173AFB55E69A4406836EAB17AB6FBE57"><enum>644.</enum><header>Elimination of cost sharing requirement for research and development activities conducted by
universities and nonprofit institutions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 988(b) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/16352">42 U.S.C. 16352(b)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HD6CA2560723E470BA186E41805D8204A"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by striking <quote>Except as provided in paragraphs (2) and (3)</quote> and inserting <quote>Except as provided in paragraphs (2), (3) and (4)</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H276FD34C5A9E4A9082BE3768C519FB72"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following new paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H847C1737C91B438B85A2F23E7EDF19A0" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HA3EE6747AA35476DBC5ECFB2EB165F61"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Exemptions</header>
<subparagraph id="H182809D8BECC420897BDAF5E163567A1"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Paragraph (1) shall not apply to a research or development activity performed by universities and
other nonprofit institutions.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HEC87197732DB4B3286EA508488CD9CC3"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Definition</header><text>In this paragraph, the term <quote>nonprofit institution</quote> has the meaning given that term in section 4(3) of the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act
of 1980 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/3703">15 U.S.C. 3703(3)</external-xref>).</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="H22A9AFF2D46A4293A9406859FF550D15"><enum>645.</enum><header>Pilot Race to the Top for Energy Efficiency and Grid Modernization Program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Secretary of Energy shall carry out a pilot program to promote innovative technologies and
practices at the State, local, or tribal level or by electric cooperatives
to increase energy efficiency, increase distributed electricity
generation, and modernize the grid. The Department shall provide—</text>
<paragraph id="H7C246B26F04046D4B0A5FD06C9079D51"><enum>(1)</enum><text>informational resources as appropriate to potential applicants; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H239D10DB5DC547D683E8EC85DCEA8267"><enum>(2)</enum><text>technical assistance awards to carry out these activities on a competitive merit-reviewed basis.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="H5A3861BB2E054E499B05A5F9BF77F0FD"><enum>646.</enum><header>Rename Under Secretary for Science to Under Secretary for Science and Energy</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 202 of the Department of Energy Organization Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/7132">42 U.S.C. 7132</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>Under Secretary for Science</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>Under Secretary for Science and Energy</quote>.</text>
</section><section id="HE257A987CF3445FA9F691408D912F5BA"><enum>647.</enum><header>Special hiring authority for scientific, engineering, and project management personnel</header>
<subsection id="H92494C9CB99542FF9DA2DB1830D9A8C5"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Under Secretary shall have the authority to—</text>
<paragraph id="H4D8BC84203D7470099F7EFE8BE2C44EC"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">make appointments of scientific, engineering, and professional personnel, without regard to civil
service laws, to assist the Department in meeting specific project or
research needs;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HDBC9A5E4D941467BA09BF4A0D3C83727"><enum>(2)</enum><text>fix the basic pay of any employee appointed under this section at a rate to be determined by the
Under Secretary at rates not in excess of the Executive Schedule (EX–II)
without regard to the civil service laws; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H654C5797CD254F92ADD498027CEF5045"><enum>(3)</enum><text>pay any employee appointed under this section payments in addition to basic pay, except that the
total amount of additional payments paid to an employee under this
subsection for any 12-month period shall not exceed the least of the
following amounts:</text>
<subparagraph id="H35B6616B4E444BDBA1CD0FBDD63CA727"><enum>(A)</enum><text>$25,000.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF9EC4047C4734D8AAFFB034E79FCF2CB"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The amount equal to 25 percent of the annual rate of basic pay of that employee.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H34E50C6EEE3044789BB8E690FFD77DF0"><enum>(C)</enum><text>The amount of the limitation that is applicable for a calendar year under section 5307(a)(1) of
title 5, United States Code.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H6860C72F3E9C41B4A0F339A63B93D333"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Term</header>
<paragraph id="HBF05C08198664D2D9D293E367E9B8F25"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The term of any employee appointed under this section shall not exceed 3 years.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H19AD6C81A33D4600ACBB7C38D3C668FA"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Termination</header><text>The Under Secretary shall have the authority to terminate any employee appointed under this section
at any time based on performance or changing project or research needs of
the Department.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section></subtitle>