113 HR 4186 IH: Frontiers in Innovation, Research, Science, and Technology Act of 2014
U.S. House of Representatives
2014-03-10
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1.Short title; table of contents
(a)This Act may be cited as the Frontiers in Innovation, Research, Science, and Technology Act of 2014
or the FIRST Act of 2014
.
(b)The table of contents for this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. Definitions.
Title I—National Science Foundation
Sec. 101. Authorization of appropriations.
Sec. 102. Findings.
Sec. 103. Policy objectives.
Sec. 104. Definitions.
Sec. 105. Accountability and transparency.
Sec. 106. Greater accountability in Federal funding for research.
Sec. 107. Obligation of major research equipment and facilities construction funds.
Sec. 108. Graduate student support.
Sec. 109. Permissible support.
Sec. 110. Expanding STEM opportunities.
Sec. 111. Prohibition.
Sec. 112. Review of education programs.
Sec. 113. Recompetition of awards.
Sec. 114. Sense of the Congress regarding industry investment in STEM education.
Sec. 115. Misrepresentation of research results.
Sec. 116. Citations supporting research grant applications.
Sec. 117. Research grant conditions.
Sec. 118. Computing resources study.
Sec. 119. Scientific breakthrough prizes.
Sec. 120. Rotating personnel.
Sec. 121. Report of the NSB Task Force on Administrative Burden.
Sec. 122. Sense of Congress regarding Innovation Corps.
Sec. 123. United States-Israeli cooperation.
Sec. 124. Sense of Congress regarding agricultural and drug interdisciplinary research.
Sec. 125. Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies Initiative.
Title II—Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics
Sec. 201. Findings; sense of Congress.
Sec. 202. STEM Education Advisory Panel.
Sec. 203. Committee on STEM education.
Sec. 204. STEM Education Coordinating Office.
Title III—Office of Science and Technology Policy
Sec. 301. Authorization of appropriations.
Sec. 302. Regulatory efficiency.
Sec. 303. Public access to research articles and data.
Sec. 304. Strategic plan for advanced manufacturing research and development.
Sec. 305. Coordination of international science and technology partnerships.
Sec. 306. Alternative research funding models.
Sec. 307. Amendments to prize competitions.
Title IV—Innovation and Technology Transfer
Subtitle A—NIST reauthorization
Sec. 401. Authorization of appropriations.
Sec. 402. Standards and conformity assessment and other transaction authority.
Sec. 403. Visiting Committee on Advanced Technology.
Sec. 404. Police and security authority.
Sec. 405. International activities.
Sec. 406. Education and outreach.
Sec. 407. Programmatic planning report.
Sec. 408. Assessments by the National Research Council.
Sec. 409. Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership.
Sec. 410. Elimination of obsolete reports.
Sec. 411. Modifications to grants and cooperative agreements.
Subtitle B—Innovative approaches to technology transfer
Sec. 421. Innovative approaches to technology transfer.
Title V—Networking and Information Technology Research and Development
Sec. 501. Short title.
Sec. 502. Program planning and coordination.
Sec. 503. Large-scale research in areas of national importance.
Sec. 504. Cyber-physical systems.
Sec. 505. Cloud computing services for research.
Sec. 506. National Coordination Office.
Sec. 507. Improving networking and information technology education.
Sec. 508. Conforming and technical amendments.
2.In this Act—
(1)the term STEM means the subjects of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics; and
(2)the term STEM education means education in the subjects of STEM, including other academic subjects that build on these
disciplines such as computer science and other academic subjects that a
State identifies as important to the workforce of the State.
<enum>I</enum><header>National Science Foundation</header>
<section id="HFCD97DFF8A014803BD9464526C3FE417" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>101.</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header>
<subsection id="H7196867411984F798B21E5506C73953D"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Fiscal year 2014</header>
<paragraph id="H315F92221B9746DEB235467A800A4146"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to the Foundation $7,171,918,000 for fiscal year 2014.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H028A27106D4F419A8F37CA158390A658"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Specific allocations</header><text>Of the amount authorized by paragraph (1)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H373A18F5AC104DA2B38CB5CFF1EA8634"><enum>(A)</enum><text>$5,808,918,000 shall be made available to carry out research and related activities, including—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="H31D95FA27C6D47DA978E5DEA88F232BA"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$742,930,000 for the Biological Science Directorate;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="HEA01BE3D8FD14CBA87705FFAA81E5762"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>$940,638,000 for the Computer and Information Science and Engineering Directorate;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="H2820C6E3BBEE4EB7BDC26F49E85491F9"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>$890,170,000 for the Engineering Directorate;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="H14D7373A3669473CBE2CDCC643975F80"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>$1,265,840,000 for the Geosciences Directorate;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="H48E6BC1329504C35949AB38CD2E190E6"><enum>(v)</enum><text>$1,367,940,000 for the Mathematical and Physical Science Directorate;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="H18D06ACF3B3A43B589F02D7EAD3E8C35"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>$150,000,000 for the Social, Behavioral, and Economics Directorate;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="HFD09CC9CFA0148F58E022B3DFF57E72E"><enum>(vii)</enum><text>$400,000,000 for the International and Integrative Activities Directorate; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="H2A94FAE494F44BFD8E22956473FC1460"><enum>(viii)</enum><text>$1,400,000 for the United States Arctic Commission;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4705978EDD484AB4B0F347A6302BE838"><enum>(B)</enum><text>$846,500,000 shall be made available for education and human resources;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE826E7055C6C4AECA41438026716F447"><enum>(C)</enum><text>$200,000,000 shall be made available for major research equipment and facilities construction;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H08E94481B01D46C4BCAA3193DAD4C5BC"><enum>(D)</enum><text>$298,000,000 shall be made available for agency operations and award management;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H052821183A754765AAB4846BCFA5D706"><enum>(E)</enum><text>$4,300,000 shall be made available for the Office of the National Science Board; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3CCEABC1DFE84F1B805E6946E5C736E3"><enum>(F)</enum><text>$14,200,000 shall be made available for the Office of Inspector General.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H7C6722B19EEA4C58898944701E59B5E8"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Fiscal year 2015</header>
<paragraph id="H734F2F67CF1F4567831DC75D5A61DB9E"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to the Foundation $7,279,496,770 for fiscal year 2015.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H417D553A9BDE4ABDA7E26CDEBEE8A8F4"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Specific allocations</header><text>Of the amount authorized by paragraph (1)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H0612B61C7935494D9B4B03937177A31E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>$5,900,496,770 shall be made available to carry out research and related activities, including—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="H74A3D158449A47D5B38955BE35D2F431"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$760,030,000 for the Biological Science Directorate;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="H163DB0D96ADC4AE5A11ACE9760B7E0C6"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>$963,186,770 for the Computer and Information Science and Engineering Directorate;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="H88E21037514F475ABE656DC98F685863"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>$910,640,000 for the Engineering Directorate;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="HE89AE394256E475B876BE4D9795763DF"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>$1,265,840,000 for the Geosciences Directorate;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="HDA81FC33C94245E88F50BC07E070371C"><enum>(v)</enum><text>$1,399,400,000 for the Mathematical and Physical Science Directorate;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="H7EFC02C6753C49C59E995CD08A3E049E"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>$150,000,000 for the Social, Behavioral, and Economics Directorate;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="HED7D903B4DA348A3AA0C160340A35FC4"><enum>(vii)</enum><text>$400,000,000 for the International and Integrative Activities Directorate; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="H2840EF8CBED04107AFEE4C223A3490B2"><enum>(viii)</enum><text>$1,400,000 for the United States Arctic Commission;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2212F55D9AB94070AA857CFC1E623A96"><enum>(B)</enum><text>$858,500,000 shall be made available for education and human resources;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9F268F110F8741989E3A3527FD478667"><enum>(C)</enum><text>$203,000,000 shall be made available for major research equipment and facilities construction;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H587D285422C74E27AB487F7E565D00F3"><enum>(D)</enum><text>$298,000,000 shall be made available for agency operations and award management;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7F76AD8B666F4D9287B870E0BE5C7B74"><enum>(E)</enum><text>$4,300,000 shall be made available for the Office of the National Science Board; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3BAD268D702A47E7848E98F664101AC7"><enum>(F)</enum><text>$15,200,000 shall be made available for the Office of Inspector General.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H20BDC65CAFEA4E069B893E0E5AE2ED7A"><enum>102.</enum><header>Findings</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Congress finds the following:</text>
<paragraph id="H077805AE31774180B7EAD29A52A557E2"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Taxpayer-supported research investments administered by the Foundation should serve the national
interest.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC53AEA1AF153415BA2D86F5AA685DD16"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The Foundation has made major contributions for more than 50 years to strengthen and sustain the
Nation’s academic research enterprise.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H14A2E68F98AA4E3AA2EEB1B4B129C3E0"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The economic strength and national security of the United States, and the quality of life of all
Americans, are grounded in the Nation’s scientific and technological
capabilities.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H11D1E0DB81484C29BF30F63FE037A0B6"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Providing support for basic research is an investment in our Nation’s future security and economic
prosperity.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD4A14E46D6A9497A800D4DA6C3BDB9FD"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Congress applauds the Foundation’s recognition that wise stewardship of taxpayer dollars is
necessary to maintain and ensure the public’s trust for funding of
fundamental scientific and engineering research.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H332E5A40977147399857764C991BFC61"><enum>(6)</enum><text>Other nations are increasing their public investments in basic research in the physical sciences in
order to boost long-term economic growth.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H18C20B7073594A919268C4407D34BD08"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Longstanding United States leadership in supercomputing, genomics, nanoscience, photonics, quantum
physics, and other key technological areas is jeopardized if United States
investments in basic research in the natural sciences do not keep pace.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0812340B497A4F998B90767EB75F69FE"><enum>(8)</enum><text>Redundant regulations and reporting requirements imposed by Federal agencies on research
institutions and researchers increase costs by tens of millions of dollars
annually.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H15AB7693F70146BC9807DD489D2E5CD4"><enum>(9)</enum><text>The Foundation carries out important functions by supporting basic research in all science and
engineering disciplines and in supporting science, mathematics,
engineering, and technology education at all levels.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF66BF758B77048719411DF479A2F8B24"><enum>(10)</enum><text>The research and education activities of the Foundation promote the discovery, integration,
dissemination, and application of new knowledge in service to society and
prepare future generations of scientists, mathematicians, and engineers
who will be necessary to ensure America’s leadership in the global
marketplace.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2BA07559376942E09EF7C2947E9322B0"><enum>(11)</enum><text>The Foundation should meet the highest standards of efficiency, transparency, and accountability in
its stewardship of public funds.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC38A718B85254003A800C0713426E69A"><enum>(12)</enum><text>The Foundation is charged with the responsibilities—</text>
<subparagraph id="H636E594695EA4F2C9DFBFAEBC7C70695"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to develop and encourage the pursuit of a national policy for the promotion of basic research and
education in the sciences;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HFF0AA94424D844729C8E34EF5D107244"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to initiate, support, and conduct basic scientific research and to appraise the impact of research
on industrial development and the general welfare;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HAB525D077B0349088BDB465ED0830205"><enum>(C)</enum><text>to initiate, support, and conduct scientific research activities in connection with matters
relating to the national defense, at the request of the Secretary of
Defense;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H06742091123F4A67A8410F7124A947A1"><enum>(D)</enum><text>to award scholarships and graduate fellowships in the sciences;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HFE2813333F53455FB6CDB8905339AA3F"><enum>(E)</enum><text>to foster the interchange of scientific information among scientists and across scientific
disciplines;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3B96DE3F8976402D856D3E4521C2F01C"><enum>(F)</enum><text>to evaluate scientific research programs undertaken by agencies of the Federal Government, and to
correlate the Foundation’s scientific research with that undertaken by
individuals and by public and private research groups;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H33DD58F903C94661B0C5EC16737DEE7F"><enum>(G)</enum><text>to communicate effectively to American citizens the relevance of public investments in scientific
discovery and technological innovation to the Nation’s security,
prosperity, and welfare; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7076776D35E84118BC1FBC527736A80B"><enum>(H)</enum><text>to establish such special commissions as the Board considers necessary.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HCD5F0778A548448BB3613CBD9834DECF"><enum>(13)</enum><text>The emerging global economic, scientific, and technical environment challenges long standing
assumptions about domestic and international policy, requiring the
Foundation to play a more proactive role in sustaining the competitive
advantage of the United States through superior research capabilities.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H61AF374C1B3E46FEAD1B5CE5437774B2"><enum>(14)</enum><text>Commercial application of the results of Federal investment in basic and computing science is
consistent with longstanding United States technology transfer policy for
cybersecurity and other homeland security applications, because of the
urgent needs of commercial, academic, and individual users, as well as the
Federal and State governments.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="H4614D564BBB04962A16803E4EC7D2EB5"><enum>103.</enum><header>Policy objectives</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In allocating resources made available under this title, the Foundation shall have the following
policy objectives:</text>
<paragraph id="HABF72D5C275A475480BCFBFB19B2DA20"><enum>(1)</enum><text>To renew and maintain the Nation’s international leadership in science and technology by—</text>
<subparagraph id="H3B49FB70FB154A3C8F758C957F304ACB"><enum>(A)</enum><text>increasing the national investment in general scientific research and increasing interdisciplinary
investment in strategic areas vital to the national interest;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6255BAADEC4D4D53865A5760DC12A767"><enum>(B)</enum><text>balancing the Nation’s research portfolio among the life sciences, mathematics, the physical
sciences, computer and information science, geosciences, engineering, and
social, behavioral, and economic sciences, all of which are important for
the continued development of enabling technologies necessary for sustained
economic competitiveness;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF433910CA82B417BAB1FB2DF24E721A8"><enum>(C)</enum><text>encouraging investments in potentially transformative scientific research to benefit our Nation and
its citizens;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H019CA6FD38A643EE9772C7664543CD84"><enum>(D)</enum><text>expanding the pool of scientists and engineers in the United States, including among segments of
the population that have been historically underrepresented in STEM
fields; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H417E5C630FB04237A05F5D118D52E96D"><enum>(E)</enum><text>modernizing the Nation’s research infrastructure and establishing and maintaining cooperative
international relationships with premier research institutions.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HF1C39B3087B74D968D07D1626FD5DD48"><enum>(2)</enum><text>To increase overall workforce skills by—</text>
<subparagraph id="H5D02E68817964F8D9AC1E4FA5583EEC5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>improving the quality of STEM education and tools provided both inside and outside of the
classroom, particularly in kindergarten through grade 12; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2444D003241040FE9C07A134EADD3A5A"><enum>(B)</enum><text>expanding STEM training opportunities at institutions of higher education.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H79DD870631204C4AB2359342CDE8DEBC"><enum>(3)</enum><text>To strengthen innovation by expanding the focus of competitiveness and innovation at the regional
and local level.</text>
</paragraph></section><section commented="no" id="H5CCD8F40280F4D3B82289A442FB6A560"><enum>104.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this title:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H7D7CEC1724A0443A9C4B4CAFBE25A648"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Board</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>Board</term> means the National Science Board.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H2070F6BC63AD491FBDDF6363B6366282"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Director</header><text>The term <term>Director</term> means the Director of the Foundation.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H21985D0E24DA4EDAB387032DA4E81517"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Foundation</header><text>The term <term>Foundation</term> means the National Science Foundation established under section 2 of the National Science
Foundation Act of 1950 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1861">42 U.S.C. 1861</external-xref>).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H944FB4582E5144CDAF5A942C9349BBEE"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Institution of higher education</header><text>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="HEAFE4F9B4D2F44A9A970D27895C9CD6D"><enum>(5)</enum><header>State</header><text>The term <term>State</term> means one of the several States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the
Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern
Mariana Islands, or any other territory or possession of the United
States.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H206D5A0A62224B108D30D233518B4B7C"><enum>(6)</enum><header>United states</header><text>The term <term>United States</term> means the several States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin
Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana
Islands, and any other territory or possession of the United States.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="HA127E91E20C64278A6E9FBA339B554FF"><enum>105.</enum><header>Accountability and transparency</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">It is the sense of Congress that—</text>
<paragraph id="H3B577D7D3FF3446A9E6BE33AE1177BB9"><enum>(1)</enum><text>sustained, predictable Federal funding is essential to United States leadership in science and
technology;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H375DACF66507420F810C4BB3B738428B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>building understanding of and confidence in investments in basic research are essential to public
support for sustained, predictable Federal funding; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H415136241B31440385DD0081CE4C23A1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the Foundation should commit itself fully to transparency and accountability and to clear,
consistent public communication regarding the national interest for each
Foundation-awarded grant and cooperative agreement.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="H53B6352C5D7D4EC2ACA409C83F12C7CD"><enum>106.</enum><header>Greater accountability in Federal funding for research</header>
<subsection id="H015DD70F02774F84AC121F1FB7CE7D57"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Standard for award of grants</header><text>The Foundation shall award Federal funding for basic research and education in the sciences through
a new research grant or cooperative agreement only if an affirmative
determination is made by the Foundation under subsection (b) and written
justification relating thereto is published under subsection (c).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HDE89E626238145A4B78918359DF50BFD"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Determination</header><text>A determination referred to in subsection (a) is a determination by the responsible Foundation
official as to why the research grant or cooperative agreement—</text>
<paragraph id="H55BAA580FC1E4D308279E11FF50A6753"><enum>(1)</enum><text>is worthy of Federal funding; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H91C23887B2344ACB8E0722D25B5D2394"><enum>(2)</enum><text>is in the national interest, as indicated by having the potential to achieve—</text>
<subparagraph id="H2562BE3AD9FF4D479A5652F91CD0ED25"><enum>(A)</enum><text>increased economic competitiveness in the United States;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5CE84B4D15B74CBB951881F19C8FC9F4"><enum>(B)</enum><text>advancement of the health and welfare of the American public;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HBA0331BC30EA4F5E9F9FFF96502F1804"><enum>(C)</enum><text>development of a STEM workforce and increased public scientific literacy in the United States;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H622D0999AA1F4EF2A0B4D2FBB376F9D3"><enum>(D)</enum><text>increased partnerships between academia and industry in the United States;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD1A0C6A859BA481DB3F66A8BB4CCB1D6"><enum>(E)</enum><text>support for the national defense of the United States; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H29AEEF43B7654BD294A06037F95F2D66"><enum>(F)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">promotion of the progress of science in the United States.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H71C0DD9F6204450180ED35EEBD1A21DB"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Written justification</header><text>Public announcement of each award of Federal funding described in subsection (a) shall include a
written justification from the responsible Foundation official that a
grant or cooperative agreement meets the requirements of subsection (b).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H04019D9D7CC34DC086627E3B20F35957"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Implementation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A determination under subsection (b) shall be made after a research grant or cooperative agreement
proposal has satisfied the Foundation’s reviews for Merit and Broader
Impacts. Nothing in this section shall be construed as altering the
Foundation’s intellectual merit or broader impacts criteria for evaluating
grant applications.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HEE13310ACD154EC0B40F82D8D94FF34F"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Policy</header><text>Not later than 6 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Board shall develop and the
Director shall implement a policy for carrying out subsections (a), (b),
and (c) that provides for educating professional staff at the Foundation
and applicants for Foundation research grants on the policies developed.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HCFFCAE0362CC47129E64911EDC147701"><enum>(f)</enum><header>National science board report</header><text>Not later than 6 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Board shall transmit a report
to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the House of
Representatives and to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and
Transportation of the Senate describing plans for implementing subsections
(a), (b), (c), and (d).</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H01B32A1E25084393B127156021ADC8D0"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Annual report</header>
<paragraph id="H87D64563560A40118AC93371FA462F0A"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Director shall ensure that this section is properly applied by transmitting an annual report to
the Board and to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the
House of Representatives and to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and
Transportation of the Senate.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4756F94E5237483399729BA00BDFE94F"><enum>(2)</enum><header>National Science Board review</header><text>Not later than 30 days after the transmission of an annual report under this subsection, the Board
shall transmit in writing its review of the findings of the Director’s
report to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the House of
Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
of the Senate.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H69A080AD22D94B648DE0837BC55EB794"><enum>107.</enum><header>Obligation of major research equipment and facilities construction funds</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">No funds may be obligated for a fiscal year for a construction project for the Foundation that has
not commenced before the date of enactment of this Act until 30 days after
the report required with respect to each such fiscal year under section
14(a)(2) of the National Science Foundation Authorization Act of 2002 (42
U.S.C. 1862n–4(a)(2)) is transmitted to the Congress.</text>
</section><section id="HC988826319A7485AA8DF7CA5F8E9D5B5"><enum>108.</enum><header>Graduate student support</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 510(b) of the America COMPETES Reauthorization Act of 2010 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1869">42 U.S.C. 1869</external-xref> note) is amended
to read as follows:</text>
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<subsection id="H641E9D85FD6F4BCF9C519C387753A188"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Equal treatment of IGERT and GRF</header>
<paragraph id="H00715F0722AF4D008DFB01DB20765467"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Rate of funding increases</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For any fiscal year, the Director may only increase funding for the Foundation’s Graduate Research
Fellowship program (or any successor thereto) over the previous fiscal
year’s funding level at the same rate as a corresponding funding increase
for the Foundation’s Integrative Graduate Education and Research
Traineeship program (or any successor thereto).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3B699E2F5A6942389C60FABD6B715542"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Essential elements of IGERT</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The essential elements of the Foundation’s Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship
program (or any successor thereto) shall be maintained, including—</text>
<subparagraph id="HB22576795037451BB03486A091D0066D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>collaborative research that transcends traditional disciplinary boundaries to solve large and
complex research problems of significant scientific and societal
importance; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H950B19198712418485A408B6738C8D9B"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">providing students the opportunity to become leaders in the science and engineering of the future.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="H0F2C0EA5386140E69163CA50E914BCD7"><enum>109.</enum><header>Permissible support</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">A grant made by the Education and Human Resources Directorate to support informal education may be
used—</text>
<paragraph id="HBFD39929B63A4DEE8EBBCF40D3141F5D"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to support the participation of students in nonprofit competitions, out-of-school activities, and
field experiences related to STEM subjects (such as robotics, science
research, invention, mathematics, and technology competitions), including—</text>
<subparagraph id="HA3C3399181D34B54A33EF65C5C76FC8F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the purchase of parts and supplies needed to participate in such competitions; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HBCFE4E459C2C403787563CC9EB6887E8"><enum>(B)</enum><text>incentives and stipends for teachers and instructional leaders who are involved in assisting
students and preparing students for such competitions, if such activities
fall outside the regular duties and responsibilities of such teachers and
instructional leaders; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H05D7A3B54843480091879A1570FF1BCA"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to broaden secondary school students' access to, and interest in, careers that require academic
preparation in STEM subjects.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="HEB08A3308526405EAB23810846858A6C"><enum>110.</enum><header>Expanding STEM opportunities</header>
<subsection id="HD8B7428F9CF34928AA54BEDEEF4EA8E7"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Within the Directorate for Education and Human Resources (or any successor thereto), under existing
programs targeting broadening participation such as, but not limited to,
Innovative Technology Experiences for Students and Teachers, Advancing
Informal STEM Learning, and ADVANCE, the Director shall provide grants on
a merit-reviewed, competitive basis for research on programming that
engages underrepresented students in grades kindergarten through 8 in STEM
in order to prepare these students to pursue undergraduate and graduate
degrees or careers in STEM.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H51C29D24261C410B87831DBBBEEB4A4C"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Use of funds</header>
<paragraph id="H63020DA64D304E7F9D5DD906A22CB405"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Grants awarded under this section shall be used toward research to advance the engagement of
underrepresented students grades kindergarten through 8 in STEM through
providing before-school, after-school, out-of-school, or summer
activities, including programs (if applicable to the target population)
provided in a single-gender environment, that are designed to encourage
interest, engagement, and skills development of underrepresented students
in STEM. Such research shall be conducted in learning environments that
actively provide programming to underrepresented students in grades
kindergarten through 8 in STEM.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF2D90B83BFD243608618C03AA72DF551"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Permitted activities</header><text>Such activities may include—</text>
<subparagraph id="HCD92DA4CC325436E9776AD95EFB44067"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the provision of programming described in subsection (a) for the purpose of research;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H990564AEEC5141478214DAFA359D203B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the use of a variety of engagement methods, including cooperative and hands-on learning;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9EB9841D7E644D91B73006A3D2DCAAC1"><enum>(C)</enum><text>exposure of underrepresented youth to role models in the fields of STEM and near-peer mentors;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6E631300FE7D4DBBBB9A88438804C0F0"><enum>(D)</enum><text>training of informal learning educators and youth-serving professionals using evidence-based
methods consistent with the target student population being served;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0CB08D3B86584334A08B5FF4720F3E40"><enum>(E)</enum><text>education of students on the relevance and significance of STEM careers, provision of academic
advice and assistance, and activities designed to help students make
real-world connections to STEM content activities;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H88316FBAC6AA40019D58583558973323"><enum>(F)</enum><text>the attendance of underrepresented youth at events, competitions, and academic programs to provide
content expertise and encourage career exposure in STEM;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF1F6500E714C423DBB87690D0FAAE783"><enum>(G)</enum><text>activities designed to engage parents of underrepresented youth;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD0E9A137F7F543A78877359FC974330D"><enum>(H)</enum><text>innovative strategies to engage underrepresented youth, such as using leadership skill outcome
measures to encourage youth with the confidence to pursue STEM coursework
and academic study;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H593B3457613A45E3ADEE95F93F13B047"><enum>(I)</enum><text>coordination with STEM-rich environments, including other nonprofit, nongovernmental organizations,
classroom and out-of-classroom settings, institutions of higher education,
vocational facilities, corporations, museums, or science centers; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA193817B8BD749AD8FF96C69D5B66AC2"><enum>(J)</enum><text>the acquisition of instructional materials or technology-based tools to conduct applicable grant
activity.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HAB03512959B64417ABECA322CEA4FCBB"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Application</header><text>An applicant seeking funding under the section shall submit an application at such time, in such
manner, and containing such information as may be required. The
application shall include, at a minimum, the following:</text>
<paragraph id="H75A9518A1C894567A6250C2FFB739FD0"><enum>(1)</enum><text>A description of the target audience to be served by the program, including an explanation and
justification for why the target group ought to be considered as
underrepresented students in one or more of the STEM fields.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8BEC4FB3FC224B6AB3A590CDC82D4274"><enum>(2)</enum><text>A description of the process for recruitment and selection of students.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H604E1BBD81F7425EA8DF8590286EB538"><enum>(3)</enum><text>A description of how such research activity may inform programming that engages underrepresented
students in grades kindergarten through 8 in STEM.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE73D70AD46EB4EDA825946438C3F3573"><enum>(4)</enum><text>A description of how such research activity may inform programming that promotes student academic
achievement in STEM.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0208F5A7CA6B4EE18920BFF20FC660E2"><enum>(5)</enum><text>An evaluation plan that includes, at a minimum, the use of outcome-oriented measures to determine
the impact and efficacy of programming being researched.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H57F064DE1A414A59AF8314D2D26A25B5"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Awards</header><text>In awarding grants under this section, the Director shall give priority to applicants which, for
the purpose of grant activity, include or partner with a nonprofit,
nongovernmental organization that has extensive experience and expertise
in increasing the participation of underrepresented students in STEM.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HD47689BFB9D94AA7B3FEFD1A6EEAD2CA"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Evaluations</header><text>Each applicant that receives funds under this section shall provide, at the conclusion of every
year during which the funds are received, an evaluation in a form
prescribed by the Director. This evaluation shall include both formative
and summative evaluation.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HB3C04547BD544ACFB136A7282BB10A39"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Accountability and dissemination</header>
<paragraph id="H6911B1DF2AA24BFFAFA76E6706F3C5C3"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Evaluation required</header><text>Not later than 3 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Director shall evaluate the
program established under this section. In addition to evaluating the
effectiveness of the program, such evaluation shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="HE682C479128E4A6FAA02CF39A71262D3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>use a common set of benchmarks and assessment tools to identify best practices and materials
developed or demonstrated by the research; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD39A5F6623AB437D9126A87B06B3DA1B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to the extent practicable, combine the research resulting from the grant activity with the current
research on serving underrepresented students in grades kindergarten
through 8.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H025C12899AC34C26BA9F1C592EB77B9D"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Report on evaluations</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the completion of the evaluation under paragraph (1), the Director
shall submit to Congress and make widely available to the public a report
that includes—</text>
<subparagraph id="HD1D9508651FA49979B997B3534CA8718"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the results of the evaluation; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H450B9196E1704979971BF35DFAE9E802"><enum>(B)</enum><text>any recommendations for administrative and legislative action that could optimize the effectiveness
of the program.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H3ADCAB085EAC4018968B8C5DB11E6B5D"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Coordination</header><text>In carrying out this section, the Director shall consult, cooperate, and coordinate, to enhance
program effectiveness and to avoid duplication, with the programs and
policies of other relevant Federal agencies.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H5775B8DB46254B2F91AC150F7C08E9F2"><enum>111.</enum><header>Prohibition</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Foundation may not implement any STEM education program and activity changes proposed for the
Foundation in the budget for fiscal year 2014 transmitted to Congress
under <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/31/1105">section 1105(a)</external-xref> of title 31, United States Code.</text>
</section><section id="H87A1E62DC4914DBE93B1B4821780C849"><enum>112.</enum><header>Review of education programs</header>
<subsection id="H50CF963EF9B74F7FB94E02164F9D8A8B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Director shall review the education programs of the Foundation that are in operation as of the
date of enactment of this Act to determine—</text>
<paragraph id="H3309F10F2B0D4BCDA51C16EDCCD10ECE"><enum>(1)</enum><text>whether any of such programs duplicate target groups, services provided, fields of focus, or
objectives; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4332B37B6C784A8D96F5B664326A70A0"><enum>(2)</enum><text>how those programs are being evaluated and assessed for outcome-oriented effectiveness.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H5008EFA7840E4FBE912016182D4D2B70"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter as part of
the annual budget submission to Congress, the Director shall complete a
report on the review carried out under this section and shall submit the
report to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology and the
Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives, and to the
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, the Committee on
Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, and the Committee on
Appropriations of the Senate.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H02B762C7C32B491DB7ED456E86337E03"><enum>113.</enum><header>Recompetition of awards</header>
<subsection id="H47601B5E61F246969AFF35B54E3BDE97"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Findings</header><text>The Congress finds that—</text>
<paragraph id="H7CC3E13BBD7043559C2AB607727A25D2"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the merit-reviewed competition of grant and award proposals is a hallmark of the Foundation grant
and award making process;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HDA934D498AB1455097F0409F9D7CCF6F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the majority of Foundation-funded multiuser facilities have transitioned to five-year
cooperative agreements, and every five years the program officer
responsible for the facility makes a recommendation to the National
Science Board as to the renewal, recompetition, or termination of support
for the facility; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H844740BF4EBC4359892C6712BCBAA240"><enum>(3)</enum><text>requiring the recompetition of expiring awards is based on the conviction that competition is most
likely to ensure the effective stewardship of Foundation funds for
supporting research and education.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H43ACC752AC494FC2BA0C0B20374E01A2"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Recompetition</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Director shall ensure that the system for recompetition of Maintenance and Operations of
facilities, equipment and instrumentation is fair, consistent, and
transparent and is applied in a manner that renews grants and awards in a
timely manner. The Director shall periodically evaluate whether the
criteria of the system are being applied in a manner that is transparent,
reliable, and valid.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H089BB6BE7D854F6BB7C61903594C8727"><enum>114.</enum><header>Sense of the Congress regarding industry investment in STEM education</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">It is the sense of Congress that—</text>
<paragraph id="HC7220BA1672445E783DC2608F61ADD2B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in order to bolster the STEM workforce pipeline, many industry sectors are becoming involved in
K–12 initiatives and supporting undergraduate and graduate work in STEM
subject areas and fields;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD0EF7A5FF7134FDE8EF1650AD1C5F2DC"><enum>(2)</enum><text>partnerships with education providers, STEM focused competitions, and other opportunities have
become important aspects of private sector efforts to strengthen the STEM
workforce;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H838DAE45FD9B452E9E9D2171ECE84D66"><enum>(3)</enum><text>understanding the work that private sector organizations are undertaking in STEM fields should
inform the Federal Government’s role in STEM education; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H30F4B43F520141BF9ACDFDD1C7D26C89"><enum>(4)</enum><text>successful private sector STEM initiatives, as reflected by measurements of relevant outcomes,
should be encouraged and supported by the Foundation.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="H876986A7A1F5434C8592FD6A7216471D"><enum>115.</enum><header>Misrepresentation of research results</header>
<subsection id="HDCE8D06B8A75422FA6159A46746F9965"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Certification</header><text>As a condition of receiving a research grant from the Foundation, a principal investigator shall
sign a statement certifying that the findings and conclusions of any
article authored by such principal investigator, using the results of the
research conducted under the grant, that is published in a peer-reviewed
publication, otherwise made publicly available, or incorporated in an
application for a research grant or grant extension from the Foundation,
will contain no falsification or fabrication and will be free of any
plagiarism.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H14C39DD9E39941A0845377855C1EFE2B"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Investigation</header><text>The Inspector General of the Foundation shall investigate suspected violations of a certification
signed under subsection (a), and shall submit to the Director the results
of such investigation, along with a recommendation with respect to whether
a violation has occurred.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H5E98A8FE778F4A53997D6B7D88766386"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Determination</header><text>Based on the results of the investigation conducted under subsection (b), the Director shall make a
determination of whether the principal investigator knowingly violated a
certification signed pursuant to subsection (a).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H33D6A920E84E47B5A706D22139807052"><enum>(d)</enum><header><enum-in-header>10-Year</enum-in-header> ban</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If the Director determines under subsection (c) that a principal investigator knowingly violated a
certification signed pursuant to subsection (a), the Foundation shall not,
for a period determined by the Director of no less than 5 years and no
more than 10 years, provide a research grant or research extension to such
principal investigator, except as provided in subsection (f).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H9FFA1EF0251C406B9777E8ADE53BDD33"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Notification</header><text>Not later than 7 days after making a determination under subsection (c), the Director shall notify
the principal investigator of such determination in writing.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H0F2BF385737D4347AD3CCED92D1BE93E"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Appeal</header><text>The Director shall establish a process by which a principal investigator may, within 30 days after
receipt of a notification under subsection (e), appeal a determination
made under subsection (c) and a ban under subsection (d). If the Director
concludes that the determination under subsection (c) was not correct, the
Director may reduce or eliminate the period of the ban under subsection
(d) based on information provided in the appeal process under this
subsection. A ban may not be reduced under this subsection to a period
less than 5 years, unless it is eliminated.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H50E35344973442DA8B80AD9B02C4B587"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Publication</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Director shall not make publicly available any determination made under subsection (c) that a
knowing violation has occurred until after the later of the expiration of
the 30-day period described in subsection (f) or the end of an appeal
process under subsection (f). At such time, the Director shall make
publicly available any such determination, which shall include the name of
the principal investigator.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H4F0F0B952ECC44008A2E8B9BD80E1AC2"><enum>116.</enum><header>Citations supporting research grant applications</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The portion of a peer-reviewed research grant application to the Foundation supporting the
credentials of the principal investigator may not include more than 5
citations to articles published by the principal investigator in a
peer-reviewed publication. The Foundation may not consider more than 5
citations to such articles in determining whether to award such a research
grant.</text>
</section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE6D30B2B45C144349E2B93F03FE1F132" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>117.</enum><header>Research grant conditions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Foundation shall establish procedures to ensure that—</text>
<paragraph id="H008C815DA94A45AA9B2DBBC2189F426E"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a research grant awarded by the Foundation to a principal investigator does not duplicate the
scientific aims and scope of any grant awarded to the same investigator by
another Federal agency;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA8398C73833146DC9CD86B2C8A98ABF4"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a principal investigator includes in any application for a research grant awarded by the Foundation
a list of all Federal research funding received by the principal
investigator, as well as any funding that is being requested as of that
time;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC7EE88FA4A724488A397644BD155A858"><enum>(3)</enum><text>unpublished research results used to support a grant proposal made to the Foundation do not include
any knowing misrepresentations of data;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HBE403DF452494FDABE69B1FA88997D10"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">principal investigators who have received more than 5 years of Foundation funding at any point in
their careers, other than graduate and post-doctoral traineeship awards,
are only awarded additional research grants by the Foundation if they will
be contributing original, creative, and transformative research under the
grant; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE171CCBC3A23489A9AAB505F13510AAD"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">principal investigators who receive Foundation research grant funding under more than one grant at
the same time have sufficient resources to conduct the proposed research
under each of those grants appropriately under the terms of the grant.</text>
</paragraph></section><section commented="no" id="HB208C2E4CCC2428FB4D7382956AFB728"><enum>118.</enum><header>Computing resources study</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall
transmit to the Congress a report detailing the results of a study on the
use of scientific computing resources funded by the Foundation at
institutions of higher education. Such study shall assess—</text>
<paragraph id="H86EDC8A63AD64265BCE4B5AF055574F9"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">efficiencies that can be achieved by using shared scientific computing resources for projects that
have similar scientific computing requirements or projects where
specialized software solutions could be shared with other practitioners in
the scientific community;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3C71CE5F82714B75AE295D625E6C2A98"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">efficiencies that can be achieved by using shared hardware that can be cost effectively procured
from cloud computing services;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H71E24B97E6844298AEB0315600B16F10"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">efficiencies that can be achieved by using shared software from an open source repository or
platform; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC2534EC0BCBD447391D2BF08D5EB6DE2"><enum>(4)</enum><text>cost savings that could be achieved by potential sharing of scientific computing resources across
all Foundation grants.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="HA5D0245F8B7B46CC9470D09EFFD9C3E5"><enum>119.</enum><header>Scientific breakthrough prizes</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Director shall place a high priority on designing and administering pilot programs for
scientific breakthrough prizes, in conjunction with private entities, that
are consistent with Office of Science and Technology Policy guidelines.
Breakthrough prizes shall center around technological breakthroughs that
are of strategic importance to the Nation, and have the capacity to spur
new economic growth.</text>
</section><section id="H26FD1CE43CAB4F08AC74BBB039457A3C"><enum>120.</enum><header>Rotating personnel</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Director shall ensure that the cost to the Foundation of employing individuals who are not
permanent employees of the Foundation, including individuals employed
pursuant to the Intergovernmental Personnel Act of 1970 (42 U.S.C. 4701
note), does not exceed 110 percent of the cost of employing permanent
employees of the Foundation to perform the same functions.</text>
</section><section id="HF5863C37472248BD8299FF5840DBF4A3"><enum>121.</enum><header>Report of the NSB Task Force on Administrative Burden</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">The National Science Board Task Force on Administrative Burden shall provide a report to Congress
on its activities, findings, and recommendations not later than 90 days
after the date of enactment of this Act.</text>
</section><section id="H33146BA5607B4FB49CDCE5E8A4E53DC4"><enum>122.</enum><header>Sense of Congress regarding Innovation Corps</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">It is the sense of Congress that—</text>
<paragraph id="H574C0DFD83C34AE4B59336ED639C2BB1"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the 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="H44496640AA5D4560BD39817BBF9FA55E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the Foundation’s I-Corps includes investment 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="HF82EF7AA1D9D438AA5C299FB0CA1C767"><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></section><section id="H9EA6B8BE63644A9490F22395D01B7DE7"><enum>123.</enum><header>United States-Israeli cooperation</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 917(a) of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/17337">42 U.S.C. 17337(a)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HA522F9D1F18D4E1EA1D89CF3C4ABF4DA"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end of paragraph (6);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2875A7E6DC44477990BF767C6E08867B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking the period at the end of paragraph (7) and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HBDC67E709F3C47D484D36B63898C71A7"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFEA152B0DE7547AB84A800F4D7F737B6" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HC102E49102354306A5345EC2F5B30386"><enum>(8)</enum><text>the National Science Foundation of the United States should collaborate with the Israel Science
Foundation.</text>
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</paragraph></section><section id="H9F8A8CB5AB5748F4898AC393B29D610A"><enum>124.</enum><header>Sense of Congress regarding agricultural and drug interdisciplinary research</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">It is the sense of Congress that the Foundation should support—</text>
<paragraph id="H57DF54096E68483E9F81F3597694D6DA"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">basic science research in the plant sciences that will identify and preserve valuable plant genes;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4605ACEDE4134EFF94CACA600BA5E91D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>interdisciplinary research to understand important basic research problems in the plant sciences.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="HB2BE149EDE514C7CAB755B7FF3D508A1"><enum>125.</enum><header>Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies Initiative</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Foundation shall support research activities related to the Brain Research through Advancing
Innovative Neurotechnologies Initiative.</text>
</section><enum>II</enum><header>Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics</header>
<section id="H6B90DD564D7A42CA826EAB9EA5A75800"><enum>201.</enum><header>Findings; sense of Congress</header>
<subsection id="HAB123A526F1F45ACBC177D3D43BAAEC4"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Findings</header><text>Congress finds the following:</text>
<paragraph id="HEC3E95C8714C44F5A369B05C3778A249"><enum>(1)</enum><text>According to the National Science Board’s Science and Engineering Indicators, the science and
engineering workforce has shown sustained growth for more than half a
century, and workers with science and engineering degrees tend to earn
more than comparable workers in other fields.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H05AC819F79A64BBEAC957E08CBB4CD46"><enum>(2)</enum><text>According to the Program for International Student Assessment 2012 results, America lags behind
many other nations in STEM education. American students rank 21st in
science and 26th in mathematics.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HCFCBB11BADBF468284ED3CAE9785D83B"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Junior Achievement USA and ING recently found a decrease of 25 percent in the percentage of teenage
students interested in STEM careers.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5F4CC09DC21A4B6DB3128797ED14E15F"><enum>(4)</enum><text>According to a 2007 report from the Department of Labor, industries and firms dependent on a strong
science and mathematics workforce have launched a variety of programs that
target K–12 students and undergraduate and graduate students in STEM
fields.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H16D31E11A0434BBEBD23A412717343CD"><enum>(5)</enum><text>The Federal Government spends nearly $3 billion annually on STEM education related program and
activities, but encouraging STEM education activities beyond the scope of
the Federal Government, including privately sponsored competitions and
programs in our schools, is crucial to the future technical and economic
competitiveness of the United States.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H41D4E674EA0F4FB194AE003C66ACE3CA"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Sense of congress</header><text>It is the sense of Congress that—</text>
<paragraph id="H41F726BF20464A21885710878BDDBB02"><enum>(1)</enum><text>more effective coordination and adoption of performance measurement based on objective outcomes for
federally supported STEM programs is needed;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HBA5A3BEFF00246ABA6A1138B12A1EF04"><enum>(2)</enum><text>leveraging private and nonprofit investments in STEM education will be essential to strengthening
the Federal STEM portfolio;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB659769CC0CB4018AB228F2A97FE40CD"><enum>(3)</enum><text>strengthening the Federal STEM portfolio may require program consolidations and terminations, but
such changes should be based on evidence with stakeholder input;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1DF01A9C342E447C85ADE0490972396F"><enum>(4)</enum><text>the President’s fiscal year 2014 budget proposal did not adequately explain proposed program
consolidations and terminations in the Federal STEM portfolio, nor did it
elicit stakeholder input and outside expertise, resulting in the need for
Congress to limit the Administration’s implementation of that proposal;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0C1F40DFED024AFD87117BA9F0D4525D"><enum>(5)</enum><text>coordinating STEM programs and activities across the Federal Government in order to limit
duplication and engage stakeholders in STEM programs and related
activities for which objective outcomes can be measured will bolster
results of Federal STEM education programs, improve the return on
taxpayers’ investments in STEM education programs, and in turn strengthen
the United States economy.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="HFD7CAAA09528435380E4B4ED5BD41E02"><enum>202.</enum><header>STEM Education Advisory Panel</header>
<subsection id="H4E227B483D1D460AA46433C775C12202"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>The President shall establish or designate a STEM Education Advisory Panel that incorporates key
stakeholders from the education and industry sectors within the
President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HD19BFD8C9AAB41F29558DDE9CC5410A2"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Qualifications</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Advisory Panel established or designated by the President under subsection (a) shall consist
primarily of members from academic institutions and industry and shall
include in-school, out-of-school, and informal educational practitioners.
Members of the Advisory Panel shall be qualified to provide advice and
information on STEM education research, development, training,
implementation, interventions, professional development, or workforce
needs or concerns. In selecting or designating an Advisory Panel, the
President may also seek and give consideration to recommendations from the
Congress, industry, the scientific community (including the National
Academy of Sciences, scientific professional societies, and academia),
State and local governments, and other appropriate organizations.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H75F8DE3BCFA544E1B1EA84EE60CE4A8F"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Duties</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Advisory Panel shall advise the President, the committee on STEM education established under
the National Science and Technology Council, and the STEM Education
Coordinating Office on matters relating to STEM education, and shall each
year provide general guidance to every Federal agency with STEM education
programs or activities, including in the preparation of requests for
appropriations for activities related to STEM education. The Advisory
Panel shall also assess—</text>
<paragraph id="HD257B13ED190409DBD16325EEECB8746"><enum>(1)</enum><text>trends and developments in STEM education;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HBCAADC0DFC7F410D903F1A79C72386B2"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">progress made in STEM education both inside and outside of the classroom;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HCC6E53AFE14E4986B51E1386B3C83C57"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">criteria for evaluating the effectiveness of Federal STEM education programs and activities;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H542B916119A1464C86B1C6A453AFBE14"><enum>(4)</enum><text>ways to encourage public private-partnerships to strengthen STEM education;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H897DDA54B0B04413953B26BD55B05E6D"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">ways to leverage private and nonprofit investments and utilize expertise resulting from
STEM-related competitions to help build the STEM education and workforce
pipeline;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4F7857D480104B6589F7134CA1FCCEE1"><enum>(6)</enum><text>ways to incorporate workforce needs into Federal STEM education programs;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3312B31F6BAC4D43B9E170C2779462C7"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the management, coordination, implementation, and activities of the STEM Education Coordinating
Office and the committee on STEM education established under the National
Science and Technology Council; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7C460E60FC094CBC894EB2288C20D7CD"><enum>(8)</enum><text>whether societal and workforce concerns are adequately addressed by current Federal STEM education
programs and activities.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H4FBA3CEC7FA640B89DB22E25A20FDF93"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Reports</header><text>The Advisory Panel shall report, not less frequently than once every 2 fiscal years, to the
President and Congress on its assessments under subsection (c) and its
recommendations for ways to improve Federal STEM education programs. The
first report under this subsection shall be submitted within 1 year after
the date of enactment of this Act.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HC5BA1455D81D4CAEAEBCF0A982E7B164"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Travel expenses of non-Federal members</header><text>Non-Federal members of the Advisory Panel, while attending meetings of the Advisory Panel or while
otherwise serving at the request of the head of the Advisory Panel away
from their homes or regular places of business, may be allowed travel
expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, as authorized by
<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/5/5703">section 5703</external-xref> of title 5, United States Code, for individuals in the
Government serving without pay. Nothing in this subsection shall be
construed to prohibit members of the Advisory Panel who are officers or
employees of the United States from being allowed travel expenses,
including per diem in lieu of subsistence, in accordance with existing
law.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H619A7ECF9BF448D78E90FA697FEAFCB9"><enum>203.</enum><header>Committee on STEM education</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 101(b) of the America COMPETES Reauthorization Act of 2010 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/6621">42 U.S.C. 6621(b)</external-xref>) is amended
to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block id="HF6A2ADE73B0344FD88CB98008408BE6E">
<subsection id="HD12803E37BBF4A058308D21D982C26A3"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Responsibilities</header><text>The committee described in subsection (a) shall develop recommendations for the STEM Education
Coordinating office to consider. These recommendations shall focus on—</text>
<paragraph id="H547143090199482FA66E4DB47847C469"><enum>(1)</enum><text>priority areas for Federal funding in STEM education, which may include student engagement, student
retention, informal education, and teaching;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3D7E3B6B339A4B189C73E5B9D57A3C85"><enum>(2)</enum><text>access to innovations and expertise derived from agency activities across the Federal Government;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HED77BC51C4414A848DF5E30216B0F82A"><enum>(3)</enum><text>significant links among K–12 education, higher education, and industry; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HDE9FFA9C48734285977FCB3EDCB40602"><enum>(4)</enum><text>the teaching of innovation and entrepreneurship as part of STEM education activities.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="H532F2F1AE09844FFBF2286A6013E97FD"><enum>204.</enum><header>STEM Education Coordinating Office</header>
<subsection id="HA5E3808366514938BDD1F8022BA3656B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>The Director of the National Science Foundation shall establish within the Directorate for
Education and Human Resources a STEM Education Coordinating Office, which
shall have a Director and staff that shall include career employees
detailed from Federal agencies that fund STEM education programs and
activities.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HACD9092B8F3C4C75B2BCE2067D263711"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Responsibilities</header><text>The STEM Education Coordinating Office shall—</text>
<paragraph id="H214129D0B714435DACEBC3A086FA928A"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">coordinate the STEM education activities and programs of the Federal Government, including at the
National Science Foundation, the Department of Energy, the National
Aeronautics and Space Administration, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, the National Institute of Standards and Technology, the
Environmental Protection Agency, and any other Federal agency with STEM
education programs or activities;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HEC2639D7431D40288B72AB7BC3F13A47"><enum>(2)</enum><text>coordinate STEM education activities and programs with the Office of Management and Budget;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC1C4E9A8044F455D86E3778551D6C9B2"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">review STEM education activities and programs to ensure they are not redundant, overlapping, or
duplicative of similar efforts within the Federal Government;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD1E10E74C8D043F0A2233758A9EB322B"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">periodically update and maintain the inventory of federally sponsored STEM education programs and
activities conducted by the committee on STEM education established under
the National Science and Technology Council, including documentation of
assessments of the outcome-oriented effectiveness of such programs and
activities and metrics used to evaluate those programs and activities;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H169646E8973445CA81B8C1CC70A042FA"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provide technical and administrative support to the committee on STEM education established under
the National Science and Technology Council and the Advisory Panel
established under section 202; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC8E3BE6527314BA7ADE6EC0BBE2F079F"><enum>(6)</enum><text>serve as the point of contact on Federal STEM education activities for government agencies,
academia, industry, professional societies, State STEM education programs,
interested citizen groups, and other STEM stakeholders to exchange
technical and programmatic information.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H13329E07D12746959B415F61D48FE6C9"><enum>(c)</enum><header><enum-in-header>3-Year</enum-in-header> strategic plan</header>
<paragraph id="H4A9E36DA6F1F40BDB71FCC75CE650F3B"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The STEM Education Coordinating Office shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="H3E0F856E5E984F7FA0F88BEB380CDA3C"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">at the time of the President’s budget request, and every 3 years thereafter, in consultation with
Federal agencies having STEM education programs or activities, the
committee on STEM education established under the National Science and
Technology Council, and the Advisory Panel established under section 202,
update the Federal Government STEM education strategic plan established in
May 2013 by the committee on STEM education established under the National
Science and Technology Council; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7AEA779A82D04024AF44F8919D8B6E72"><enum>(B)</enum><text>coordinate the implementation of such plan through such agencies.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H81DED5CC466B4B229DB23E3DA7A2949C"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Contents</header><text>The strategic plan shall—</text>
<subparagraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4D8B4E025F0B4519A53F9CCD5339CE17"><enum>(A)</enum><text>specify and prioritize annual and long-term objectives, including a description of the role of each
agency in supporting programs and activities designed to achieve the
objectives;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD587E5FDF08F4EE4A27E655F43634F69"><enum>(B)</enum><text>specify the common metrics that will be used to assess progress toward achieving the objectives;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H524C730194C247F2B080F0B4A95FABE3"><enum>(C)</enum><text>describe the approaches that will be taken by each agency to assess the effectiveness of its STEM
education programs and activities.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H5A7014E58D8D4711ACE8920EBA474C88"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Report</header><text>The Director of the STEM Education Coordinating Office shall transmit a report annually to Congress
at the time of the President’s budget request. The annual report shall
include—</text>
<paragraph id="H9023AF1229904FD1A3B5E6A6A25FB38C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a description of the STEM education programs and activities across the Federal Government for the
previous and current fiscal years, and the proposed programs and
activities under the President’s budget request, of every Federal agency
with STEM education programs or activities;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0D803774477840E1A13939B79077C725"><enum>(2)</enum><text>an evaluation of the extent of duplication and fragmentation of the programs and activities
described under paragraph (1), and any recommendations for consolidations
or terminations to remedy those problems;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H821A538D6E8A451688EC85BC64569B3E"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a description of ways the Federal Government is leveraging private and nonprofit investments and
utilizing expertise resulting from STEM-related competitions to build the
STEM education workforce pipeline; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD685E78E1BC54C16904BF73E600E759F"><enum>(4)</enum><text>a description of the progress made in carrying out the 3-year strategic plan, including a
description of the outcome of any program assessments completed in the
previous year, and any changes made to that plan since the previous annual
report.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HE849CC7804AC4B04ADB18193A862FE7B"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Responsibilities of NSF</header><text>The Director of the National Science Foundation shall encourage and monitor the efforts of the STEM
Education Coordinating Office to ensure that the strategic plan under
subsection (c) is implemented effectively and that the objectives of the
strategic plan are met.</text>
</subsection></section><enum>III</enum><header>Office of Science and Technology Policy</header>
<section id="HBA28DFAC97224F0DA1F139E9B9C516A4"><enum>301.</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">There are authorized to be appropriated for the Office of Science and Technology Policy—</text>
<paragraph id="H738891325CD248559B2F1FB26CF108BA"><enum>(1)</enum><text>$5,555,000 for fiscal year 2014; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HACAB619ECD154A5D9A4C3403FB73E117"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$5,555,000 for fiscal year 2015.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="HB6291F5195534D40998694F83F213030"><enum>302.</enum><header>Regulatory efficiency</header>
<subsection id="HB8A42BE728F34491B1F9688EC5A7640D"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Sense of Congress</header><text>It is the sense of Congress that—</text>
<paragraph id="HA2467D4C97514946A78B403B35B78F23"><enum>(1)</enum><text>high and increasing administrative burdens and costs in Federal research administration,
particularly in the higher education sector where most federally sponsored
research is performed, are eroding funds available to carry out basic
scientific research;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6440C4642CF4469EA369DCC2B32AFABB"><enum>(2)</enum><text>progress has been made over the last decade in streamlining the pre-award grant application process
through Grants.gov, the Federal Government’s website portal;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1D68ABDFA0A743039ACBC417A59F11BF"><enum>(3)</enum><text>post-award administrative costs have grown as Federal research agencies have continued to impose
agency-unique compliance and reporting requirements on researchers and
research institutions;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2581BDC296D3490AA22BA85E25903086"><enum>(4)</enum><text>facilities and administration costs at research universities can exceed 50 percent of the total
value of Federal research grants, and it is estimated that nearly 30
percent of the funds invested annually in federally funded research is
consumed by paperwork and other administrative processes required by
Federal agencies;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7A247F7C380448349F0A167D018A7D09"><enum>(5)</enum><text>the Office of Management and Budget has recently released an omnibus grant administration
regulation that allows agency-unique approaches and fails to provide
necessary guidance for agencies to simplify, standardize, or consolidate
common reporting and compliance requirements; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HFB6EDE0555484C9F9382C1AD4ED53505"><enum>(6)</enum><text>it is a matter of critical importance to American competitiveness that administrative costs of
federally funded research be streamlined so that a higher proportion of
taxpayer dollars flow into direct research activities.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H99D4078224284920A33014BA94B5B83D"><enum>(b)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy shall establish a working group under
the authority of the National Science and Technology Council, to include
the Office of Management and Budget. The working group shall be
responsible for reviewing Federal regulations affecting research and
research universities and making recommendations on how to—</text>
<paragraph id="H26C50F97A9DA4FD9BF178A0D7DA22849"><enum>(1)</enum><text>harmonize, streamline, and eliminate duplicative Federal regulations and reporting requirements;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H49B95FC5CAB34AC1AAE73B2A1482039F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>minimize the regulatory burden on United States institutions of higher education performing
federally funded research while maintaining accountability for Federal tax
dollars.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H5C8CD2E017CA4B48B438E30AB0AD9F15"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter for 3 years,
the Director shall report to the Committee on Science, Space, and
Technology of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce,
Science, and Transportation of the Senate on what steps have been taken to
carry out the recommendations of the working group established under
subsection (b).</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" id="H194D1B0A9497465D9C5D8B0725CCF19E"><enum>303.</enum><header>Public access to research articles and data</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="H0896683B40D64C098789C8B170384CFC"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Public access policies and procedures</header>
<paragraph id="H65B40FCE1EC949AF94E37C6ADCF2417D"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Plan</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 18 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the National Science and
Technology Council shall deliver a plan to Congress containing policies,
procedures, and standards for the Federal science agencies to enable
archiving and retrieving covered material in digital form for public
availability in perpetuity. The plan shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="H880F9A4F15F14CE9A945AAED0E81A736"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provide a data-driven justification for the plan, including the embargo periods set under
subsections (c)(2)(A) and (e);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE5C40A34FDC74CB699D87A35E1005157"><enum>(B)</enum><text>be developed in a transparent and open manner;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3EBADF2D041041CC8847238B02B2B885"><enum>(C)</enum><text>indicate what procedures were followed to ensure that this process of developing the plan allowed
for the full consideration of all stakeholder concerns; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5BE7B125E72E4735A6497896515882F4"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">draw on information developed under section 103 of the America COMPETES Reauthorization Act of 2010
(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/6623">42 U.S.C. 6623</external-xref>).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H601EC48CE49D4262861A147BB63187F3"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text>Such policies, procedures, and standards shall—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HD3F4CB82A7E44C20B83C118A0BE15346"><enum>(A)</enum><text>use existing information technology infrastructure to the extent practicable, including
infrastructure of the National Center for Biotechnology Information, the
National Center for Atmospheric Research, and the private sector that
facilitate public access to covered material;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HEA4A7BD4E6FF4633A5A112C9DC85C6DD"><enum>(B)</enum><text>minimize the cost of storing, archiving, and retrieving articles and data; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HFDC9ACC9FD5C45B4819BDA7DAFCECE5B"><enum>(C)</enum><text>minimize the burden of providing articles and data archiving, and of retrieving articles and data.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H1C4D763DB84D4FCCA36FA501B5CD719A"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Stakeholder input</header><text>In developing policies, procedures, and standards under paragraph (1), the National Science and
Technology Council shall use a transparent process for soliciting views
from stakeholders, including federally funded researchers, institutions of
higher education, libraries, publishers, users of federally funded
research results, and civil science society groups.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="HB346278E583849B7ACCCE9E767E15D2C"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Grant recipient requirements</header><text>A recipient of a research grant made by a Federal science agency shall make, or enable others on
their behalf to make, covered material associated with such grant
available consistent with the policies, procedures, and standards
established under subsection (a).</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H3A3D1B9390D04113BE9919E263144805"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Federal science agency requirements</header><text>In implementing the policies, procedures, and standards established pursuant to subsection (a),
each Federal science agency shall provide for—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H880617ABCDFF4A4C88BA108842378E9E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>submission of, or linking to, an electronic version of covered material by or on behalf of
recipients of research grants made by the agency;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H3AF07711B28F4D2A9F6BE365F0BF3BEA"><enum>(2)</enum><text>free online public access to such covered material—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HC2C75B97322940EE92CE836133770F86"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the case of a research article, consistent with appropriate embargo periods but not later than
24 months after publication of the research article in a peer-reviewed
publication; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H6721B05A21FA4B5AA93EE957032EF588"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in the case of data used to support the findings and conclusions of such article, not later than 60
days after the article is published in a peer-reviewed publication;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HBF5DABAEFEB24F6C8D52A4B1902E187D"><enum>(3)</enum><text>implementation in a manner and format that enables and ensures full-text search, productive use,
and long-term preservation;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H36A5652923334753BD837D7A502AB18C"><enum>(4)</enum><text>production of an online bibliography of all research papers that are publicly accessible in its
repository, with each entry linking to the corresponding free online full
text and supporting data; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H1BF8C652966A49D2AC3760E8EAE0F4A1"><enum>(5)</enum><text>access to all data that is used directly or indirectly by the agency to support the promulgation of
a Federal regulation.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="HD2892504AE624AB3971E48462B8C7642"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Review</header><text>At least once every 5 years, the National Science and Technology Council shall review the policies,
procedures, and standards established under subsection (a) and revise such
policies, procedures, and standards as appropriate.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H807B3AB918E14DDAACCB5763BE0F455C"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Extension</header><text>Each Federal science agency may extend the time period specified in subsection (c)(2)(A) by 6 to 12
months, in consultation with the stakeholders described in subsection
(a)(3), if the agency head, or designee, determines that the scientific
field and stakeholders described in subsection (a)(3) will be uniquely
harmed without such extension.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H59453C9F1902426F90D742FD89C714E7"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Patent or copyright law</header><text>Except as provided in this section, nothing in this section shall be construed to affect any right
under the provisions of title 17 or title 35, United States Code.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="HF8C9A2797E2641EB86938529DE7EE027"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>For purposes of this section:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H9DF4E7CC97B248108064D70D65315F0F"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Covered material</header><text>The term <term>covered material</term> means—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HDC218ED938B44AEF93DF27B129C61520"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a manuscript of an article accepted for publication in a peer-reviewed publication that results
from research funded by a grant from a Federal science agency; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H4250720B13C946559CE00A1FC9A9E5A0"><enum>(B)</enum><text>data that was used to support the findings and conclusions of such article, except for data that is
protected from disclosure under <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/5/552">section 552</external-xref> of title 5, United States
Code.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H66E4372331CA4473975140AA49AF35A5"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Data</header><text>The term <term>data</term> includes raw data, computer code, and algorithms, but does not include—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H99F898B9E6764670B582A39957B4829F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>commercially available software used to analyze the data or code;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H79A9E29ED2244D479FBD60F2E288A386"><enum>(B)</enum><text>preliminary work and analyses;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H515C43DC110346FC99B8BB88D386D514"><enum>(C)</enum><text>drafts of scientific papers not accepted or intended for publication; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H6EBB443DC14F40E88CF0944DCC9EDF42"><enum>(D)</enum><text>plans for future research.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HDEE983168F8D4649888980099464F483"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Federal science agency</header><text>The term <term>Federal science agency</term> means—</text>
<subparagraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H981DC401EBE840EEBD4389C4E73330B0"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the National Aeronautics and Space Administration;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC43DEADC53A2402D863533F38439DBC8"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the National Science Foundation;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB74C6B5016D44D6DA25550BCA0713B9D"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the National Institute of Standards and Technology; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HCD446A1783E245EA8793EF490F38AE53"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the National Weather Service.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HFEE8C64817DA4CFA8AE08B88BDDFF9F5"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Peer-reviewed publication</header><text>The term <term>peer-reviewed publication</term> means a publication for which articles are assigned to at least 1 external reviewer to assess the
validity of the articles’ scientific findings and conclusions.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" id="H26EF00DC45BD4D53B93040DD30BCA5C0"><enum>304.</enum><header>Strategic plan for advanced manufacturing research and development</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 102 of the America COMPETES Reauthorization Act of 2010 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/6622">42 U.S.C. 6622</external-xref>) is amended to read
as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAF971D42C870441298332083CADBF9E3" style="OLC">
<section commented="no" id="HF75C0A3ACE3349C192D1781FC5E81262"><enum>102.</enum><header>Coordination of advanced manufacturing research and development</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="H431F8C19BAE1456EB70C822A1E737312"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Interagency committee</header><text>The Director shall establish or designate a Committee on Technology under the National Science and
Technology Council. The Committee shall be responsible for planning and
coordinating Federal programs and activities in advanced manufacturing
research and development.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="HF54F5F4A7D8B42E5A7DF57DB3451AD18"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Responsibilities of committee</header><text>The Committee shall—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H583670356D484D0E8048990A0EA7AC55"><enum>(1)</enum><text>coordinate the advanced manufacturing research and development programs and activities of the
Federal agencies, in consultation with the National Economic Council;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HA3491E9EFAFC4BC7A65345E7F4E03D60"><enum>(2)</enum><text>establish goals and priorities for advanced manufacturing research and development that will
strengthen United States manufacturing;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HC9B6D7A58E704EA09A1EA4E188A986D7"><enum>(3)</enum><text>work with industry organizations, Federal agencies, and Federally Funded Research and Development
Centers not represented on the Committee, to identify and reduce
regulatory, logistical, and fiscal barriers within the Federal Government
and State governments that inhibit United States advanced manufacturing;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HFF8A06356EE14A2A831FD6C8C153D709"><enum>(4)</enum><text>facilitate the transfer of intellectual property and technology based on federally supported
university research into commercialization and manufacturing;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H874D6BBF150146F4AD51ABC47F0F79F4"><enum>(5)</enum><text>identify technological, market, or business challenges that may best be addressed by public-private
partnerships, and are likely to attract both participation and primary
funding from industry;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HB44FB4E1DE7542459594C8C86C2C1535"><enum>(6)</enum><text>encourage the formation of public-private partnerships to respond to those challenges for
transition for United States advanced manufacturing; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H219E5B7262044B07BD35018B3796A970"><enum>(7)</enum><text>develop, and update every 4 years, a strategic plan to guide Federal programs and activities in
support of advanced manufacturing research and development, which shall—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H30977A1698A74876A238E6ADA0F6A321"><enum>(A)</enum><text>specify and prioritize near-term and long-term research and development objectives, the anticipated
time frame for achieving the objectives, and the metrics for use in
assessing progress toward the objectives;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HF91087E7C95146A0827787C8BF03317B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>describe the progress made in achieving the objectives from the National Strategic Plan for
Advanced Manufacturing issued in February 2012 and any subsequent updates,
including a discussion of why specific objectives were not met;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H50F5DE533F2B48C38CBB8D21F2B50465"><enum>(C)</enum><text>specify the role and budget resources of each Federal agency in carrying out or sponsoring research
and development to meet the objectives of the strategic plan;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HC45F5625A6F443908E5B6EEDC55F8E65"><enum>(D)</enum><text>describe how the Federal agencies and Federally Funded Research and Development Centers supporting
advanced manufacturing research and development will foster the transfer
of research and development results into new manufacturing technologies
and United States based manufacturing of new products and processes for
the benefit of society to ensure national, energy, and economic security;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H1EDE70146460440196A3A3C6334D74AE"><enum>(E)</enum><text>describe how Federal agencies and Federally Funded Research and Development Centers supporting
advanced manufacturing research and development will strengthen all levels
of manufacturing education and training programs to ensure an adequate,
well-trained workforce;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H873AC12331D64D90812706D424755710"><enum>(F)</enum><text>describe how the Federal agencies and Federally Funded Research and Development Centers supporting
advanced manufacturing research and development will assist small- and
medium-sized manufacturers in developing and implementing new products and
processes;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HDCFB02B54FC241D48C2D1CD580E259C5"><enum>(G)</enum><text>analyze factors that impact innovation and competitiveness for United States advanced
manufacturing, including—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="H2B483C4CB5474B89BCF874E67B233B31"><enum>(i)</enum><text>technology transfer and commercialization activities;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="H5090144EDA75481CB336CC43801AD272"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the adequacy of the national security industrial base;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="H915BE4062808412CB0F8CEACA92E9813"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the capabilities of the domestic manufacturing workforce;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="HC779F785E1EE4AF6AA4A9ACFCC324BC7"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>export opportunities and trade policies;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="H5835FE95CBF745E6B3EBF97A6E1BB48B"><enum>(v)</enum><text>financing, investment, and taxation policies and practices;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="H396A2B48AC74443994FA74EEBBBB1C74"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>emerging technologies and markets; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="H9D32348B3CEC4B68B90EFED2DAB12969"><enum>(vii)</enum><text>advanced manufacturing research and development undertaken by competing nations; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H2C4586BD6D0F414EAA4368E6F0F8271C"><enum>(H)</enum><text>elicit and consider the recommendations of a wide range of stakeholders, including representatives
from diverse manufacturing companies, academia, and other relevant
organizations and institutions.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="HBC4F351F9A7E420688FCE3E8FA166582"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of the <short-title>FIRST Act of 2014</short-title>, the Director shall transmit the initial strategic plan developed under subsection (b)(7) to the
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate, and the
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the House of
Representatives, which shall update the National Strategic Plan for
Advanced Manufacturing issued in February 2012. Subsequent updates of this
strategic plan shall be transmitted to those committees and posted on a
public website not later than May 1, 2018, and every 4 years thereafter.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H48534565185C4AA7839ABBD2C836D9AF"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Advisory Committee</header><text>The President’s Council of Advisors for Science and Technology shall appoint an advisory committee
of private sector leaders to provide input, perspective, and
recommendations to assist in the development of the strategic plan and
subsequent updates reported under subsection (c). Such panel shall have no
more than 15 members, and shall include representatives of manufacturing
businesses, the manufacturing workforce, academia, and groups representing
interests affected by manufacturing activities.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H98ED9E7FE54A4C0988B5030B7BFEF339"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Requirement To consider strategy in the budget</header><text>In preparing the budget for a fiscal year under <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/31/1105">section 1105(a)</external-xref> of title 31, United States Code,
the President shall include information regarding the consistency of the
budget with the goals and recommendations for United States advanced
manufacturing that are developed under this section.</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="H1128C8DC4CA24098A7FE8AC03AB5DA4B"><enum>305.</enum><header>Coordination of international science and technology partnerships</header>
<subsection id="H059CC3EAC61A41C38EEFAF1E3B9B4E10"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>The Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy shall establish a body under the
National Science and Technology Council 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 id="HB8C51EAB75924B82A43002BD3B60CFEE"><enum>(b)</enum><header>NSTC body leadership</header><text>The body established under subsection (a) 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="HEEFE6838C09149BBAF8D12EB102EA344"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Responsibilities</header><text>The body established under subsection (a) shall—</text>
<paragraph id="H7F553F370634409E92F018A74114B907"><enum>(1)</enum><text>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="H8F6C4F47AEA349DC97BFB93E7B05BD5A"><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="HB5002F15C4CB417EAF000A00D9F36630"><enum>(3)</enum><text>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 id="H1D7E4D6A603E4DC390D6514A6D3C9D45"><enum>(4)</enum><text>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="HD625F26BE9F64A4AACB6F82DF3076F2B"><enum>(5)</enum><text>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="HB3A950A934DB4582A335B3B3C852D82C"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Report to congress</header><text>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="H3D92B857752549CFB66B7B2881B38FB6"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the priorities and policies established under subsection (c)(2);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9489581821D442D7B30DEFC7C673F6CA"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the ongoing and new partnerships established since the last update to the report;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7DF6B76D5C7B4D84910E49C67E67CBEE"><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="HC73C6BC4B47E430981E9631BC29498F1"><enum>(4)</enum><text>the issues influencing the ability of United States scientists and engineers to collaborate with
foreign counterparts.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H0AFDB99B84064AA29CAE76B3FF67B195"><enum>306.</enum><header>Alternative research funding models</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="H086EBA2678A54D758E5BC748B6C23BAF"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Pilot program authority</header><text>The heads of Federal science agencies, in consultation with the Director of the Office of Science
and Technology Policy, shall conduct appropriate pilot programs to
validate alternative research funding models, including—</text>
<paragraph id="H1456D47F99734DFC9FC2B57858889203"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">scientific breakthrough prize programs that are of strategic importance to the Nation and have the
capacity to spur new economic growth; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HDB41BFA4E5624CC48CB489EC70FB5262"><enum>(2)</enum><text>novel mechanisms of funding including obtaining non-Federal funds through crowd source funding.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="HB31BF43D4D384CC2AD4F0453DEE10708"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Non-Federal partners</header><text>A pilot program may be conducted under this section through an agreement, grant, or contractual
relationship with a non-Federal entity regarding the design,
administration, and funding of the program.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H96D3D6A80FF8481BA99F17F0BE3138E0"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Prize competition judges</header>
<paragraph id="HE0FD8CCECBD542EA9FAEFC7A9942D406"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Judges for a prize competition carried out under this section shall not be required to be Federal
employees. An individual who serves as a judge for a prize competition
carried out under this section who is not a Federal employee shall be
required to sign an agreement, developed by the Office of Science and
Technology Policy, with respect to nondisclosure, conflict of interest,
and judging code of conduct requirements. All judges shall be required to
disclose all personal financial interests.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7B5EDCF898644AC4B45403584DE37561"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Report to Congress</header><text>Not later than 30 days after the Office of Science and Technology Policy completes development of
an agreement under paragraph (1), it shall transmit a report to Congress
describing the requirements of such agreement.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="HD2A7FB2E850D48A7958E9FB30756D51C"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Public notice</header><text>The heads of Federal science agencies shall widely advertise prize competitions to be conducted
under this section to ensure maximum participation.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H75DF724FA9AF41DF8ABA2DDF5190E403"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Definition</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes of this section, the term <term>Federal science agency</term> means—</text>
<paragraph id="H21975805EE9A488F9AB77664B818AC27"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the National Aeronautics and Space Administration;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE2D9F2CB19214F8CA124E22C566E93B6"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the National Science Foundation;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H94E5B19DE769404EA2ECFC0E1575E7C2"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the National Institute of Standards and Technology; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB6EF9D8D92034054A760F419DB6D4CD5"><enum>(4)</enum><text>the National Weather Service.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H6A91C43F2BC84409A94E0D4E346ED67B"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Report to Congress</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter as part of
the annual budget submission to Congress, the Director of the Office of
Science and Technology Policy shall transmit to the Congress a report on
programs identified and conducted under subsection (a).</text>
</subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H469519CBF94747C59768EB6AC0B911C1" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>307.</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="H7BA4DDE3FBF3407F9C04733D718954BA"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (c)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H0DE7A583B9C04CD2BCE21FA2CD3C8266"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>competition</quote> after <quote>section, a prize</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H16BA02B905AB434E95F023A109091551"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>types</quote> after <quote>following</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF4BEA6BA23A346CCA3A3DA377A12D276"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (4), by striking <quote>prizes</quote> and inserting <quote>prize competitions</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HF8EBFCD03E5C408C8673518111DB8921"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (f)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H1054D2C902EF4274857A26ECD4373819"><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="H5910584597594A1E90D4B543974046F2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (4), by striking <quote>prize</quote> and inserting <quote>cash prize purse</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H239A732D333E4EFDB81C2B5691268BF7"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (g), by striking <quote>prize</quote> and inserting <quote>cash prize purse</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H001E04C3B6EE4950AF1FD6BF346E4F64"><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="H984E21E358694CCD9134C80AD65FB6CC"><enum>(5)</enum><text>in subsection (i)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HF74EC71641A949E68F037105209C75B0"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)(B), by inserting <quote>prize</quote> before <quote>competition</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HAFE5E55DB8424A4FAE9AD02348DE564B"><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="HEF80FF244A594887A17ADB4747DE048B"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (4); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3F0F15E1B4CC41AB9E8CA85832B76616"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (2) the following new paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8E3997020FE44CF7B9DD1CB59C9CA040" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H75BED74E2798448DA8E57D4EF97A12B1"><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 a detailed explanation of the reasons for granting the
waivers.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HBE992D06F4B94F9E8523170222C3B571"><enum>(6)</enum><text>in subsection (k)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H402EC07FF8BF4000A31FCB7044539767"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)(A), by inserting <quote>prize</quote> before <quote>competition</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HFA9B9AC5256444388B3CEC846C404952"><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="HA88C97C42CA341E3965CC8A3F883CF64"><enum>(7)</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="H924253B0A29F4BDEA5DC3AEC45D91A30"><enum>(8)</enum><text>in subsection (m)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H66966E68513D4D88A06068B714BF91F1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by amending paragraph (1) to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block id="H9DD8168BE78749AB88556F35F54410A2" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H88437A5C4AAF4A019235256E77D236FD"><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="H98CF70A691584D73AB11DB41596C0508"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), by striking <quote>prize awards</quote> and inserting <quote>cash prize purses</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDEC9B9543F1341C3A1992796DC91F9DF"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (3)(A)—</text>
<clause id="H735EE83F555341B4A484A131D175B109"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking <quote>No prize</quote> and inserting <quote>No prize competition</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H1CE632746EEE4C719D01AE046648F420"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking <quote>the prize</quote> and inserting <quote>the cash prize purse</quote>;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HBB774EA0BF3D4213B3C11B3F9E7CCD29"><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="H6A92997F486D4702BCFDFD59C1039F56"><enum>(E)</enum><text>in paragraph (3)(B)(i), by inserting <quote>competition</quote> after <quote>prize</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H35F54C22E5FD47FD83B93E98D7B7C46A"><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="H30780E18F0A640069B8C525230A1FEA7"><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="H46EB00E381474DF6BF0B094049636557"><enum>(9)</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="HE6211AE18AA84EE4B8C56979B155EDEB"><enum>(10)</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="HB961A6EF790E49F982384C90A8BFBDE6"><enum>(11)</enum><text>in subsection (p)(2)(C), by striking <quote>cash prizes</quote> both places it occurs and inserting <quote>cash prize purses</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></section><enum>IV</enum><header>Innovation and Technology Transfer</header>
<subtitle id="H2294EFC1CE37449A93BE4A318B9ACED3"><enum>A</enum><header>NIST reauthorization</header>
<section id="H57378096141B48A28AB5699C47045E1F"><enum>401.</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header>
<subsection id="HCE35942CCC144579955EE447ABB3F281"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Fiscal year 2014</header>
<paragraph id="H07215E688E8D49BCBF694514FE24DC85"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of Commerce $850,000,000 for the National
Institute of Standards and Technology for fiscal year 2014.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA54F160D53D54A72B8006AFF3F254A68"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Specific allocations</header><text>Of the amount authorized by paragraph (1)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H52B6BCE779B34015BD25AC5CC7354AD7"><enum>(A)</enum><text>$651,000,000 shall be for scientific and technical research and services laboratory activities;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H60ED4AC23D8D4EC49832195A2661AA3B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>$56,000,000 shall be for the construction and maintenance of facilities; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2B41D205FA544FDD89C0F0A007F3AC75"><enum>(C)</enum><text>$143,000,000 shall be for industrial technology services activities, of which $128,000,000 shall be
for the Manufacturing Extension Partnership program under sections 25 and
26 of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Act (15 U.S.C.
278k and 278l).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H8846720D43BF42B3B40433914F4DE0F0"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Fiscal year 2015</header>
<paragraph id="H566C432A53EB409F929D0786F0D4A76E"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of Commerce $862,750,000 for the National
Institute of Standards and Technology for fiscal year 2015.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4535D6223A2745CBB21430D6BB84B697"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Specific allocations</header><text>Of the amount authorized by paragraph (1)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H3A0E297266AE4273AB596D7620211478"><enum>(A)</enum><text>$660,765,000 shall be for scientific and technical research and services laboratory activities;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HFBA75FAA49844257810A70FF17E7AE2A"><enum>(B)</enum><text>$56,840,000 shall be for the construction and maintenance of facilities; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6D06FAD106494FFCBA20E6A5568B87B7"><enum>(C)</enum><text>$145,145,000 shall be for industrial technology services activities, of which $129,920,000 shall be
for the Manufacturing Extension Partnership program under sections 25 and
26 of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Act (15 U.S.C.
278k and 278l).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H2485B76E92084C5596387A65B495223E"><enum>402.</enum><header>Standards and conformity assessment and other transaction authority</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 2 of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/272">15 U.S.C. 272</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H3283F50017AF4BBBB4933FD3F5EFEE52"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (b)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H4F5FFB95FE02413AAD0539DFC80CD44F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking <quote>authorized to take</quote> and inserting <quote>authorized to serve as the President’s principal adviser on standards policy pertaining to the
Nation’s technological competitiveness and innovation ability and to take</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H02938CFB2B744F519DF13D6F978F2348"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (3), by striking <quote>compare standards</quote> and all that follows through <quote>Federal Government</quote> and inserting <quote>facilitate standards-related information sharing and cooperation between Federal agencies</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1C71931C9EA84231A7E6B7C32848CB49"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking paragraph (4) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB5ABA13325F54339BAFAFFC9E328C9FF" style="traditional">
<paragraph id="HFE35C3857ACD4FC082526375DFC018CE"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to enter into and perform such contracts, cooperative research and development arrangements,
grants, cooperative agreements, leases, or other transactions as may be
necessary in the conduct of its work and on such terms as it may consider
appropriate in furtherance of the purposes of this Act;</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HAE61D6A869434C3C93FCF30C9412969C"><enum>(D)</enum><text>in paragraph (13), by striking <quote>Federal, State, and local</quote> and all that follows through <quote>private sector</quote> and inserting <quote>technical standards activities and conformity assessment activities of Federal, State, and local
governments with private sector</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H0613ECAF99334F89B2C2EE9A14FD3277"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (c)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H0EA14907B5664F5A9A9FB71EDCA8C5CE"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (21), by striking <quote>and</quote> after the semicolon;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB6542999D2934593A529EEA90C26BD2B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraph (22) as paragraph (24); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7B2263E2BB1D47D3B4B8F4F57B016B63"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (21) the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFE5541C7CBBB47FE8548FE57C3DDD323" style="traditional">
<paragraph id="HDF5939DF4DCE478FB8C20A3CB9E68252"><enum>(22)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">participate in and support scientific and technical conferences;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H774C4A92B7D24118881A8470291194C7"><enum>(23)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">perform pre-competitive measurement science and technology research in partnership with
institutions of higher education and industry to promote United States
industrial competitiveness; and</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph></section><section id="H9A99EA2EAFB7494F82EF15CA160A8A2D"><enum>403.</enum><header>Visiting Committee on Advanced Technology</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 10 of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/278">15 U.S.C. 278</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HA76228BE57574B8688D25031C4DAA12A"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H8AD098D207CD4F6884D496C315070A36"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>15 members</quote> and inserting <quote>not fewer than 9 members</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H83818DC822CD46878327B0BF6B78F011"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>at least 10</quote> and inserting <quote>at least three-fifths</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7DAABED35E544E00A3326126A6C7FBC3"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following: <quote>The Committee may consult with the National Research Council in making recommendations regarding
general policy for the Institute.</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H37202F0686B240D7A015D3B8B08DF98C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (h)(1), by striking <quote>, including the Program established under section 28,</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="H09B5E3357F1C48BC87AA1B0EBB6F6358"><enum>404.</enum><header>Police and security authority</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 15 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 id="HF0FAA94BAA85476E80E7768816996281"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>of the Government; and</quote> and inserting <quote>of the Government;</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9CDB3CA1463C41F0AB5568FCC53E0CDB"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking <quote>United States Code.</quote> and inserting <quote>United States Code; and (i) for 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, the direction of such of the officers and employees of
the Institute as the Secretary considers necessary in the public interest
to carry firearms while in the conduct of their official duties, and the
authorization of employees of contractors and subcontractors of the
Institute who are engaged in the protection of property owned by the
United States, and located at facilities owned by, leased by, used by, or
under the control of the United States, to carry firearms while in the
conduct of their official duties, and, under regulations prescribed by the
Secretary and approved by the Attorney General, the authorization of
officers and employees of the Institute and of its contractors and
subcontractors authorized to carry firearms to arrest without warrant for
any offense against the United States committed in their presence, or for
any felony cognizable under the laws of the United States if they have
reasonable grounds to believe that the person to be arrested has committed
or is committing such felony, provided that such authority to make arrests
may be exercised only while guarding and protecting buildings and other
plant facilities, equipment, and property owned or leased by, used by, or
under the control of the United States under the administration and
control of the Secretary</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="HFADC80DAE7A44C1A8A0035EB81153B6D"><enum>405.</enum><header>International activities</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 17(a) of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/278g">15 U.S.C. 278g(a)</external-xref>) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HB4935BD885764C6B856ED743D7CFEA94"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>financial assistance,</quote> and inserting <quote>financial and logistical assistance,</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H731DB0F458AD43D789CB0AD90687B696"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following: <quote>Financial and logistical assistance may include transportation to and from the Institute of foreign
dignitaries and representatives of foreign national metrology institutes.</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="H317279008F2445C68944A5A1856CA198"><enum>406.</enum><header>Education and outreach</header>
<subsection id="HCFF3E796416E44EC8A3683EE0F112DAD"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-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 by
striking sections 18, 19, and 19A and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H08714F0A0BDE4D21A60CDFFD8399E346" style="OLC">
<section id="H5A645BD9F1AD418D8CF061976B80F656"><enum>18.</enum><header>Education and outreach</header>
<subsection id="HC28715E6E9854E2389C4E5311ACEAB86"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Director may support, promote, and coordinate activities and efforts to enhance public
awareness and understanding of measurement sciences, standards, and
technology by the general public, industry, and academia in support of the
Institute’s mission.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H9D6D844D8DEB46A892B31B5552EDE16E"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Research fellowships</header>
<paragraph id="H06454438E8F145E3BDBA6E3E3FE8D285"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Director may award research fellowships and other forms of financial and logistical assistance,
including direct stipend awards, to—</text>
<subparagraph id="H080E121C5ABE42EDA4D030AE94AA89DC"><enum>(A)</enum><text>students at institutions of higher education within the United States who show promise as present
or future contributors to the mission of the Institute; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HAEE27B0EE74443AE83BBEF70B6EA9C74"><enum>(B)</enum><text>United States citizens for research and technical activities of the Institute.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H3B9AECAD36894EF0A194A2AD7079AF87"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Selection</header><text>The Director shall select persons to receive such fellowships and assistance on the basis of
ability and of the relevance of the proposed work to the mission and
programs of the Institute.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HCAD9B4F89D0C41DBACF1F447707A650F"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Definition</header><text>For the purposes of this subsection, financial and logistical assistance includes, notwithstanding
<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/31/1345">section 1345</external-xref> of title 31, United States Code, or any contrary provision of
law, temporary housing and local transportation to and from the Institute
facilities.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H7E4CA7019705460F9D735BAB41529E63"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Post-Doctoral fellowship program</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Director shall establish and conduct a post-doctoral fellowship program, subject to the
availability of appropriations, that shall include not less than 20 nor
more than 120 new fellows per fiscal year. In evaluating applications for
fellowships under this subsection, the Director shall give consideration
to the goal of promoting the participation of underrepresented minorities
in research areas supported by the Institute.</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H5AAC666F1F984EA490ADC2AA212182DD"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Prohibition</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The National Institute of Standards and Technology may not implement any STEM education program and
activity changes proposed for the Institute in the budget for fiscal year
2014 transmitted to Congress under <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/31/1105">section 1105(a)</external-xref> of title 31, United
States Code.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H12328B3EF3E942F981D463ECE8E63A71"><enum>407.</enum><header>Programmatic planning report</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 23(d) of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/278i">15 U.S.C. 278i(d)</external-xref>) is
amended by adding at the end the following: <quote>The 3-year programmatic planning document shall also describe how the Director is addressing
recommendations from the Visiting Committee on Advanced Technology
established under section 10.</quote>.</text>
</section><section id="H48B6F09897EE4CDC82413249ECE8AA68"><enum>408.</enum><header>Assessments by the National Research Council</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 24 of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/278j">15 U.S.C. 278j</external-xref>) is amended to
read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6A61F487C2A7474888C635980FD3D0FD" style="OLC">
<section id="HE7C98F9F33894DED9C1F8E8C7979C0B2"><enum>24.</enum><header>Assessments by the National Research Council</header>
<subsection id="HA9CCCD98E06B46D2B986ADB402A00D8F"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Institute shall contract with the National Research Council to perform and report on
assessments of the technical quality and impact of the work conducted at
Institute laboratories.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HAA7B16F243A74F58B51EA87521E97604"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Schedule</header><text>Individual assessments shall be completed biennially by conducting annual assessments of at least 3
laboratories.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H26E7849A5813443C9EECAA322BF1A621"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Summary report</header><text>In the second year of each biennial period under subsection (b), the Institute shall contract with
the National Research Council to prepare a report that summarizes the
findings common across the individual assessment reports.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H9DCA56405ADB47C7ACD37537E8244586"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Additional assessments</header><text>The Institute, at the discretion of the Director, also may contract with the National Research
Council to conduct additional assessments of Institute programs and
projects that involve collaboration across the Institute laboratories and
centers and assessments of selected scientific and technical topics.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HB6141291FE8C42BD933EF167EAE258F5"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Consultation with Visiting Committee on Advanced Technology</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The National Research Council may consult with the Visiting Committee on Advanced Technology
established under section 10 in performing the assessments under this
section.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H669E312DA97C439485D4BDCC813DF079"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Reports</header><text>Not later than 30 days after the completion of each assessment, the Institute shall transmit the
report on such assessment to the Committee on Science, Space, and
Technology of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce,
Science, and Transportation of the Senate.</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="H209810D71E4E4F27839BF366A55E1B84"><enum>409.</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="H50B7481DCC9C4DD3875468CE0023C369" style="OLC">
<section id="HE03763651AC447928B6F7B4C4AFB700F"><enum>25.</enum><header>Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership</header>
<subsection id="H378610BE776D4568B9DC110C9418BA65"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment and purpose</header>
<paragraph id="H2383B2EABB344847A37EDC47EEEDAA8C"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary, through the Director and, if appropriate, through other officials, shall provide
assistance for the creation and support of manufacturing extension
centers, to be known as the <quote>Hollings Manufacturing Extension Centers</quote>, for the transfer of manufacturing technology and best business practices (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="HCC5956C16A5943BCB0B4FBF322CA0F22"><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="H79170FA9F5294ECCA47F1131C3A69780"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Objective</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The objective of the Centers is to enhance competitiveness, productivity, and technological
performance in United States manufacturing through—</text>
<subparagraph id="HAFA599CB0119436CA7BBB000E6B3741C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the transfer of manufacturing technology and techniques developed at the Institute to Centers and,
through them, to manufacturing companies throughout the United States;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H835F8BF320A043029A300F3E724C97DC"><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="HEFFBA9BFA23B4BC3A13E2722C87B3386"><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="HB9B8D2637D8F462BB60D339037F9E0A5"><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="HD1F062298F0C4255B06497B94FB3316F"><enum>(E)</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="H9F41560798EB43DCA293FC2224FB1B9A"><enum>(F)</enum><text>the provision to community colleges 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="H92E00D3897164DB4B93F04B561EC641B"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Activities</header><text>The activities of the Centers shall include—</text>
<paragraph id="H857A54BD9BDD46DD90C62E0DE23E9958"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the establishment of automated manufacturing systems and other advanced production technologies,
based on Institute-supported research, for the purpose of demonstrations
and technology transfer; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE8D26A324596426C8C8961165CDFD259"><enum>(2)</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.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HC51C5B8D43F54830B920A450775B54B0"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Operations</header>
<paragraph id="HED5D2303C75D42E7AF2617FAD5F86491"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Financial support</header><text>The Secretary may provide financial support to any Center created under subsection (a). The
Secretary may not provide to a Center more than 50 percent of the capital
and annual operating and maintenance funds required to create and maintain
such Center.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H084A2FA7CEAB4A09AF22B5F31171056D"><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 3 years.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H27F4AC4B728E45B5B336E75120B43466"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Application</header>
<subparagraph id="H00E10CE8E8C54486B4755C84978C2B25"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any nonprofit institution, or consortium thereof, or State or local government, 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="H65B6887B62484EF18A9EA882282CF474"><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 the first 3 years and an increasing share for each of
the next 3 years. For purposes of the preceding sentence, the costs
incurred means the costs incurred in connection with the activities
undertaken to improve the competitiveness, management, productivity, and
technological performance of small- and medium-sized manufacturing
companies.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9A7425FF098E464EB99641AAD6BE6C18"><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="H8854AFBD0FA54DBD9DA65B19A341BF20"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Legal rights</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each applicant under subparagraph (A) shall also submit a proposal for the allocation of the legal
rights associated with any invention which may result from the proposed
Center’s activities.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H036F50B29B5A4BCB9763D70A347EDF89"><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="H11A63A179FD84C9DAAE058F256F7F047"><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="H4657466E086741E381D265995EEDA099"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The quality of service to be provided.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE8DA778299054D57BB840CA904D98C4E"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Geographical diversity and extent of service area.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HFEFE1071AF7F4CB2ACB0413B67482054"><enum>(D)</enum><text>The percentage of funding and amount of in-kind commitment from other sources.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H1B0CFE40FBD34FC0AD7B2CDB0CE64011"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Evaluation</header>
<subparagraph id="H9069F322FD7140A1B90FDE7B258601E8"><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="HA922BF4112824B91B4A6F26EC679B4BD"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Composition</header><text>Each such evaluation panel shall be composed of private experts, none of whom shall be connected
with the involved Center, and Federal officials.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE6AB6ECB391B4B4A8C0AEC5A1BAE8E3E"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Chair</header><text>An official of the Institute shall chair the panel.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3899699D5B654424A1843B8BBDAE570A"><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="H5BE99AEEBDF94E64BD23AEA3ABF596A8"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Positive evaluation</header><text>If the evaluation is positive, the Secretary may provide continued funding through the sixth year
at declining levels.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H40CD62BEBB8F4C359A1C2CB44E50ACEA"><enum>(F)</enum><header>Probation</header><text>The Secretary shall not provide funding 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
probation for one year, after which time the panel shall reevaluate the
Center. 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 to select an operator for the Center or
may close the Center.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H209FAC418D7D4B07854392FD8990AC4C"><enum>(G)</enum><header>Additional financial support</header><text>After the sixth 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. Funding received for a fiscal
year under this section after the sixth year of operation shall not exceed
one third of the capital and annual operating and maintenance costs of the
Center under the program.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9CA8E53271304A058FD8DFAC5F11C74D"><enum>(H)</enum><header>Eight-year review</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A Center shall undergo an independent review in the 8th year of operation. Each evaluation panel
shall measure the Center’s performance against the objectives specified in
this section. A Center that has not received a positive evaluation as a
result of an independent review shall be notified by the Program of the
deficiencies in its performance and shall be placed on probation for one
year, after which time the Program shall reevaluate the Center. If the
Center has not addressed the deficiencies identified by the review, or
shown a significant improvement in its performance, the Director shall
conduct a new competition to select an operator for the Center or may
close the Center.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H94CAEA1A115B4C7CBFA88473FDF7D157"><enum>(I)</enum><header>Recompetition</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If a recipient of a Center award has received financial assistance for 10 consecutive years, the
Director shall conduct a new competition to select an operator for the
Center consistent with the plan required in this Act. Incumbent Center
operators in good standing shall be eligible to compete for the new award.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB175C81F38464ED681C3CB925F87B5D5"><enum>(J)</enum><header>Reports</header>
<clause id="HEEE9EB3D7B5C453286E0CAFFA049E56F"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Plan</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of the <short-title>FIRST Act of 2014</short-title>, the Director shall transmit to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the House of
Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
of the Senate a plan as to how the Institute will conduct reviews,
assessments, and reapplication competitions under this paragraph.</text>
</clause><clause id="H11372E3635404737924A57D6DB5696FC"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Independent assessment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Director shall contract with an independent organization to perform an assessment of the
implementation of the reapplication competition process under this
paragraph within 3 years after the transmittal of the report under clause
(i). The organization conducting the assessment under this clause may
consult with the MEP Advisory Board.</text>
</clause><clause id="HDEE13DF8AEB543D2A63DECE5B91E3B6F"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Comparison of centers</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of the <short-title>FIRST Act of 2014</short-title>, the Director shall transmit to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the House of
Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
of the Senate a report providing information on the first and second years
of operations for centers operating from new competitions or recompetition
as compared to longstanding centers. The report shall provide detail on
the engagement in services provided by Centers and the characteristics of
services provided, including volume and type of services, so that the
Committees can evaluate whether the cost-sharing ratio has an effect on
the services provided at Centers.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HDD1BFFD8A7C1410DA82713C1534A770E"><enum>(6)</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><paragraph id="H0DC8FBC96F334AA989848E0647825E8E"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Protection of Center client confidential information</header><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/5/552">Section 552</external-xref> of title 5, United States Code, shall apply to the following information obtained by
the Federal Government on a confidential basis in connection with the
activities of any participant involved in the Hollings Manufacturing
Extension Partnership:</text>
<subparagraph id="H8DB51695DC98452AB9A4F02777CB3782"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Information on the business operation of any participant in a Hollings Manufacturing Extension
Partnership program or of a client of a Center.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE4A7DD369ED340459157345FBE8AD079"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Trade secrets possessed by any client of a Center.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H6FDB3114C76C42DA9B9052B44C4BEE9B"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Advisory boards</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each Center’s advisory boards shall institute a conflict of interest policy, approved by the
Director, that ensures the Board represents local small- and medium-sized
manufacturers in the Center’s region. Board Members may not serve as a
vendor or provide services to the Center, nor may they serve on more than
one Center’s oversight board simultaneously.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HA04FBAC63E5347A195062F294659AE43"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Acceptance of funds</header>
<paragraph id="HD05D37FDD8D24CDEBB5B34C40E62640B"><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="HDFA959BD8E064DDCA7FE75299CAF9221"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Allocation of funds</header>
<subparagraph id="H4A53FEE4E5ED425DA5D3786FCCD11876"><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="HBF6CD7A99AEC4684AC028E1143A87D88"><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="HEE182DBB0C5E42748568B84FED87E4EB"><enum>(e)</enum><header>MEP Advisory Board</header>
<paragraph id="H42D456290DCA4FFEADC12CA0B24F217C"><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="H8CF0F35F51C440F889B5C1D9FD4CD74C"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Membership</header>
<subparagraph id="H13775F3CB08A47F9945E88146F87B256"><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, 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="H134626BD33804D72A9A42BD82B35BF70"><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="H4DEAD273692B4C7BAEE401743077501A"><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="H383D2ECE9E894E3FBDDA9CD11A514BBE"><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="HAD698A59F69C4B9AAEEFB07793FF7A6C"><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="H8F5D1E37ABB1467DA8FF9710C97D7306"><enum>(A)</enum><text>advice on Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership programs, plans, and policies;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8EFB9EA2BE0D48CFBE0C0EF2EE91466A"><enum>(B)</enum><text>assessments of the soundness of Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership plans and strategies;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H691E54AC9CFD4D78B3F7F5547C71428F"><enum>(C)</enum><text>assessments of current performance against Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership program
plans.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H441EDD0C1B484BB9A654034D244E3CEF"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Federal Advisory Committee Act applicability</header>
<subparagraph id="HF4357254014341D58565DFD9A607F9CC"><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="H5CEAB635333845F0972180D9535138A7"><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="H5CE1C221EF2342BA9AD2B31B70833F35"><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="H22EF6553CCE44AEA9DC9F5BBE2B9896F"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Competitive Grant Program</header>
<paragraph id="HD519EA2E1E8F4FE7B382B9BE85D5517B"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>The Director shall establish, within the Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership, under this
section and section 26, a program of competitive awards among participants
described in paragraph (2) for the purposes described in paragraph (3).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HBFD8D258EA624AE18F61FCFBE13CD407"><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="HF4C0CBE8CE044806B1CE95D9BE967FE3"><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 program, the MEP Advisory Board, and small- and
medium-sized manufacturers. 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. Centers may be
reimbursed for costs incurred under the program.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0BFBA5B3347C444DB8E86BBD8B6C8C23"><enum>(4)</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="HA9FC5A8983DF440BA09E23DB9301E4F0"><enum>(5)</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="HC6E71526451C4A1ABC1DBC54F3693567"><enum>(A)</enum><text>improve the competitiveness of industries in the region in which the Center or Centers are located;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1C9F20A8DD58468281CA6F59893231A6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>create jobs or train newly hired employees; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF821FD5F73BF4EBA87B2FB111A2DFD76"><enum>(C)</enum><text>promote the transfer and commercialization of research and technology from institutions of higher
education, national laboratories, and nonprofit research institutes.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H2AF17838F9CA45C6AC692B342E4CF950"><enum>(6)</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="H68C842E8B4D44043B860E1C825E6D3CC"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Global marketplace projects</header><text>In making awards under this subsection, the Director, in consultation with the MEP Advisory Board
and the Secretary, may take into consideration whether an application has
significant potential for enhancing the competitiveness of small- and
medium-sized United States manufacturers in the global marketplace.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA7597635FA9A428ABD25BA661F6050B0"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Duration</header><text>Awards under this subsection shall last no longer than 3 years.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HF743DD569A754DFD89C17C91CF8DC459"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Evaluation of obstacles unique to small manufacturers</header><text>The Director shall—</text>
<paragraph id="H9163947EA9D94B1FA5A9036D60B3EEB6"><enum>(1)</enum><text>evaluate obstacles that are unique to small manufacturers that prevent such manufacturers from
effectively competing in the global market;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7D81E73DD62D4F3DA8E4E489BA60526F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>implement a comprehensive plan to train the Centers to address such obstacles; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF155747DEECF43ED87BF3D8487A3EF9C"><enum>(3)</enum><text>facilitate improved communication between the Centers to assist such manufacturers in implementing
appropriate, targeted solutions to such obstacles.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H4E9714E916B947E68A5654676763C2F6"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Community College Defined</header><text>In this section, 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></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="H5C8B88D6601F4BF29CD752CB0698C70A"><enum>410.</enum><header>Elimination of obsolete reports</header>
<subsection id="HEB57AA5974944FBBB8F13A6C211E4B51"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Enterprise integration standardization and implementation activities report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 3 of the Enterprise Integration Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/278g-5">15 U.S.C. 278g–5</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H9983A83C4E1D458D9182973168A50112"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking subsection (c); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HBF92BBE4F2804A299122157A109C9CE9"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by redesignating subsections (d) and (e) as subsections (c) and (d), respectively.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H59A7E1F8C4954312A06536CE1D07467B"><enum>(b)</enum><header>TIP Reports</header><text>Section 28 of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/278n">15 U.S.C. 278n</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H8E79C400D0E14FADB5C0AF72AA57DF2E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking subsection (g); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5C675F88D56C474894C1B93903CA8DAF"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (k), by striking paragraph (5).</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H8366D8E6655A48F39C2564812A31A841"><enum>411.</enum><header>Modifications to grants and cooperative agreements</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 8(a) of the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/3706">15 U.S.C. 3706(a)</external-xref>) is
amended by striking <quote>The total amount of any such grant or cooperative agreement may not exceed 75 percent of the total
cost of the program.</quote>.</text>
</section></subtitle><subtitle id="H630E464432C34B95BA511FAB1BDE52A9"><enum>B</enum><header>Innovative approaches to technology transfer</header>
<section id="H5012391B34EA4CAD9CFD293A0FC424B5"><enum>421.</enum><header>Innovative approaches to technology transfer</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 9(jj) of the Small Business Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/638">15 U.S.C. 638(jj)</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H030DDE14A8C345FE983FEC1FDF9E6531" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H4B224693E054409F9B262B6A75126974"><enum>(jj)</enum><header>Innovative approaches to technology transfer</header>
<paragraph id="H22CBB6A576C84E00BCC79E5F99B2AA9D"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Grant program</header>
<subparagraph id="H43B0A4CA5EA44F0D9444372EFE6145C2"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Each Federal agency required by subsection (n) to establish an STTR program shall carry out a grant
program to support innovative approaches to technology transfer at
institutions of higher education (as 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>)), nonprofit research
institutions, and Federal laboratories in order to improve or accelerate
the commercialization of federally funded research and technology by small
business concerns, including new businesses.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H78B6F93C882A41D0ADF0528B52B7E343"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Awarding of grants and awards</header>
<clause id="HFAF7EA81A34949EC92444BD20B96E197"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Each Federal agency required by subparagraph (A) to participate in this program shall award,
through a competitive, merit-based process, grants, in the amounts listed
in subparagraph (C) to institutions of higher education, technology
transfer organizations that facilitate the commercialization of
technologies developed by one or more such institutions of higher
education, Federal laboratories, other public and private nonprofit
entities, and consortia thereof, for initiatives that help identify
high-quality, commercially viable federally funded research and
technologies and to facilitate and accelerate their transfer into the
marketplace.</text>
</clause><clause id="H8F8595694F9E41149539B8545CC8F525"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Use of Funds</header><text>Activities supported by grants under this subsection may include—</text>
<subclause id="H7A861AD6150F47748F1629464F3E2836"><enum>(I)</enum><text>providing early-stage proof of concept funding for translational research;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H1BF480314F054BFB9CF8CD3FFDD62A12"><enum>(II)</enum><text>identifying research and technologies at institutions that have the potential for accelerated
commercialization;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H5ADD42E78A7040C5854A2B1A1C3E1BFB"><enum>(III)</enum><text>technology maturation funding to support activities such as prototype construction, experiment
analysis, product comparison, and the collection of performance data;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H933669B5CA61435CB0123079EC3D3C84"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>technical validations, market research, clarifying intellectual property rights position and
strategy, and investigating commercial and business opportunities;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HA0E51BD3B3FA451D9C87887A7D98E1F1"><enum>(V)</enum><text>programs to provide advice, mentoring, entrepreneurial education, project management, and
technology and business development expertise to innovators and recipients
of technology transfer licenses to maximize commercialization potential;
and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H7BD52D5480C14FEEB2C368F2CAE893EE"><enum>(VI)</enum><text>conducting outreach to small business concerns as potential licensees of federally funded research
and technology, and providing technology transfer services to such small
business concerns.</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="H12419C9050024DB89026309826EA6EDF"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Selection process and applications</header><text>Qualifying institutions seeking a grant under this subsection shall submit an application to a
Federal agency required by subparagraph (A) to participate in this program
at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the
agency may require. The application shall include, at a minimum—</text>
<subclause id="H6C8388DFC4AA498A869344CD3E96954C"><enum>(I)</enum><text>a description of innovative approaches to technology transfer, technology development, and
commercial readiness that have the potential to increase or accelerate
technology transfer outcomes and can be adopted by other qualifying
institutions, or a demonstration of proven technology transfer and
commercialization strategies, or a plan to implement proven technology
transfer and commercialization strategies that can achieve greater
commercialization of federally funded research and technologies with
program funding;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HF510C1E680E34DD49C1BC0651F70D0A7"><enum>(II)</enum><text>a description of how the qualifying institution will contribute to local and regional economic
development efforts; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H9B4215736C0F4E6BA70019288ABC11AB"><enum>(III)</enum><text>a plan for sustainability beyond the duration of the funding award.</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="HBBDFD88B3B624E2CB2922D95D9BFF29B"><enum>(iv)</enum><header>Program oversight boards</header>
<subclause id="H6699021733734FB3B4CED552251A5F5F"><enum>(I)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Successful proposals shall include a plan to assemble a Program Oversight Board, the members of
which shall have technical, scientific, or business expertise three-fifths
of whom shall be drawn from industry, start-up companies, venture capital
or other equity investment mechanism, technical enterprises, financial
institutions, and business development organizations with a track record
of success in commercializing innovations. Proposals may use oversight
boards in existence on the date of the enactment of the <short-title>FIRST Act of 2014</short-title> that meet the requirements of this subclause.</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HDF3AC5B48E9F4D65987F5C7C89174911"><enum>(II)</enum><header>Program Oversight Boards responsibilities</header><text>Program Oversight Boards shall—</text>
<item id="HDE2AE9FE500E4EDE872B81C87E92D750"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>establish award programs for individual projects;</text>
</item><item id="H6CC5C7E840344BE9A02E02CD19671F8B"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>provide rigorous evaluation of project applications;</text>
</item><item id="H16FF909242394BF5900B567774C49924"><enum>(cc)</enum><text>determine which projects should receive awards, in accordance with guidelines established under
subparagraph (C)(ii);</text>
</item><item id="H7C230122A62442A1BD1A4AA85A2B8471"><enum>(dd)</enum><text>establish milestones and associated award amounts for projects that reach milestones;</text>
</item><item id="HC080E4376C684CA7A050832E9E04F0B4"><enum>(ee)</enum><text>determine whether awarded projects are reaching milestones; and</text>
</item><item id="H490840BEAD874EEEB8AE09DC27575428"><enum>(ff)</enum><text>develop a process to reallocate outstanding award amounts from projects that are not reaching
milestones to other projects with more potential.</text>
</item></subclause><subclause display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA604BAE081F74BFD9FB0F2EFF5B2ADBE"><enum>(III)</enum><header>Conflict of interest</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Program Oversight Boards shall be composed of members who do not have a conflict of interest.
Boards shall adopt conflict of interest policies to ensure relevant
relationships are disclosed and proper recusal procedures are in place.</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0EBF4793D3884F86A4EA0098A5CDACD2"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Grant and award amounts</header>
<clause id="HD950922A1E16464AB0F825427451DB2A"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Grant amounts</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each Federal agency required by subparagraph (A) to carry out a grant program may make grants of up
to $3,000,000 to a qualifying institution.</text>
</clause><clause id="H784AC91606654E8EAF90980B61D5044B"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Award amounts</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each qualifying institution that receives a grant under subparagraph (B) shall provide awards for
individual projects of not more than $100,000, to be provided in phased
amounts, based on reaching the milestones established by the qualifying
institution’s Program Oversight Board.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0122DE3D0AF24F5EAFBFAC92A1D75CAC"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Authorized expenditures for Innovative Approaches to Technology Transfer Grant Program</header>
<clause id="H11C8273B3B65467E968E118827E0CFF5"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Percentage</header><text>The percentage of the extramural budget for research, or research and development, each Federal
agency required by subsection (n) to establish an STTR program shall
expend on the Innovative Approaches to Technology Transfer Grant Program
shall be—</text>
<subclause id="HBADA1B903A12441FA82F9458B022B251"><enum>(I)</enum><text>0.05 percent for each of fiscal years 2014 and 2015; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H3B53FC62C0B247AD842A52206F02E749"><enum>(II)</enum><text>0.1 percent for each of fiscal years 2016 and 2017.</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="HD235DA1696C6421CA98E128427685BA7"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Treatment of expenditures</header><text>Any portion of the extramural budget expended by a Federal agency on the Innovative Approaches to
Technology Transfer Grant Program shall apply towards the agency’s
expenditure requirements under subsection (n).</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H7DB20E17F94C48FC97BDE088D3FA4CAA"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Program evaluation and data collection and dissemination</header>
<subparagraph id="HC021D452513F42408B46A2B84DE9C40E"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Evaluation plan and data collection</header><text>Each Federal agency required by paragraph (1)(A) to establish an Innovative Approaches to
Technology Transfer Grant Program shall develop a program evaluation plan
and collect annually such information from grantees as is necessary to
assess the Program. Program evaluation plans shall require the collection
of data aimed at identifying outcomes resulting from the transfer of
technology with assistance from the Innovative Approaches to Technology
Transfer Grant Program. Such data may include—</text>
<clause id="H0B4470E7855140979F9A0673AA48EC6B"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">specific follow-on funding identified or obtained, including follow-on funding sources, such as
Federal sources or private sources, within 3 years of the completion of
the award;</text>
</clause><clause id="HB95E66FB5D4C4A53AC49AE8EAF44F9B6"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the number of projects which, within 5 years of receiving an award under paragraph (1), result in a
license to a start-up company or an established company with sufficient
resources for effective commercialization;</text>
</clause><clause id="HD761FB62167B4B58A508E4B6DADBFD36"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the number of invention disclosures received, United States patent applications filed, and United
States patents issued within 5 years of the award;</text>
</clause><clause id="H5D0A7A105FA74C4B802DF3A32A6DDB71"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>the number of projects receiving a grant under paragraph (1) that secure Phase I or Phase II SBIR
or STTR awards;</text>
</clause><clause id="HD6EC78002A8F47B8A0A066B0DB2D35FB"><enum>(v)</enum><text>available information on revenue, sales, or other measures of products that have been
commercialized as a result of projects awarded under paragraph (1) within
5 years of the award;</text>
</clause><clause id="H7B1763DF7AD5408DBA5392701B474EBA"><enum>(vi)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the number and location of jobs created resulting from projects awarded under paragraph (1); and</text>
</clause><clause id="H22296778564F45F885077CEF2BCAC8C5"><enum>(vii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">other data as deemed appropriate by a Federal agency required by this subparagraph to develop a
program evaluation plan.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H621141F49C754263B8C76F5FD3D21CA0"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Evaluative report to congress</header><text>The head of each Federal agency that participates in the Innovative Approaches to Technology
Transfer Grant Program shall submit to the Committee on Science, Space,
and Technology and the Committee on Small Business of the House of
Representatives and the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship
of the Senate an evaluative report regarding the activities of the
program. The report shall include—</text>
<clause id="H46987B9551B143EAA3942EB0E80FA4D8"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a detailed description of the implementation of the program;</text>
</clause><clause id="HDF53E5E3883E44C4BA98474418A420FF"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>a detailed description of the grantee selection process;</text>
</clause><clause id="H783091D0FA8C419793A57E7636435F38"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>an accounting of the funds used in the program; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H73988F00715A4D0AB5F42C5879C94637"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>a summary of the data collected under subparagraph (A).</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H026E935198D541F8A71BA6943859A79D"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Data dissemination</header><text>For the purposes of program transparency and dissemination of best practices, the Administrator
shall include on the public database under subsection (k)(1) information
on the Innovative Approaches to Technology Transfer Grant Program,
including—</text>
<clause id="H9E74BB1A893C46329E036F5FD9F4072D"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the program evaluation plan required under subparagraph (A);</text>
</clause><clause id="H9CEAE219505647798616D2F2151EBFD2"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>a list of recipients by State of awards under paragraph (1); and</text>
</clause><clause id="HF722103BC5AE46ADA76FAE5208CFDCC6"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>information on the use of grants under paragraph (1) by recipient institutions.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section></subtitle><enum>V</enum><header>Networking and Information Technology Research and Development</header>
<section id="HA94419F851EB42D5A8C3CB9AF2EF4E4F" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>501.</enum><header>Short title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This title may be cited as the <quote><short-title>Advancing America’s Networking and Information Technology Research and Development Act of 2014</short-title></quote>.</text>
</section><section id="H6FECA6FBEBC049E5B3BD5D544376F5F7"><enum>502.</enum><header>Program planning and coordination</header>
<subsection id="H7550D261A2A14AA7AAB65C9062DF8B06"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Periodic reviews</header><text>Section 101 of the High-Performance Computing Act of 1991 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/5511">15 U.S.C. 5511</external-xref>) is amended by adding at
the end the following new subsection:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB75BE728C4584C0ABFB1CD084CA2C9C8" style="OLC">
<subsection id="HF25410A49FB742909341D8ACB779F81A"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Periodic reviews</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The agencies identified in subsection (a)(3)(B) shall—</text>
<paragraph id="HF3FC2A531CEA43FCB312282E4DA2B027"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">periodically assess the contents and funding levels of the Program Component Areas and restructure
the Program when warranted, taking into consideration any relevant
recommendations of the advisory committee established under subsection
(b); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HAC7509D50B9545F58616275BE23E9A7A"><enum>(2)</enum><text>ensure that the Program includes large-scale, long-term, interdisciplinary research and development
activities, including activities described in section 104.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="HB7F663D0541D4C3CBDF42C7D1EB2CCAB"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Development of strategic plan</header><text>Section 101 of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/5511">15 U.S.C. 5511</external-xref>) is amended further by adding after subsection (d), as
added by subsection (a) of this Act, the following new subsection:</text>
<quoted-block id="HDC367AE09BEF4D7B8A5E268E12ECEB47" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H439233643F5E4F2EB8730FE1CAA7F75B"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Strategic plan</header>
<paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8A03DABEF82A4BE0A7A1F9F4E5E5CA23"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The agencies identified in subsection (a)(3)(B), working through the National Science and
Technology Council and with the assistance of the National Coordination
Office described under section 102, shall develop, within 12 months after
the date of enactment of the <short-title>Advancing America’s Networking and Information Technology Research and Development Act of 2014</short-title>, and update every 3 years thereafter, a 5-year strategic plan to guide the activities described
under subsection (a)(1).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HFF563C9BC70749B28803FC59259F8330"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Contents</header><text>The strategic plan shall specify near-term and long-term objectives for the Program, the
anticipated time frame for achieving the near-term objectives, the metrics
to be used for assessing progress toward the objectives, and how the
Program will—</text>
<subparagraph id="H6802FBF6CAC7494D8B1410AABDE4D7F2"><enum>(A)</enum><text>foster the transfer of research and development results into new technologies and applications for
the benefit of society, including through cooperation and collaborations
with networking and information technology research, development, and
technology transition initiatives supported by the States;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H195559F37C0443B88389FADD7003843A"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">encourage and support mechanisms for interdisciplinary research and development in networking and
information technology, including through collaborations across agencies,
across Program Component Areas, with industry, with Federal laboratories
(as defined 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>)), and with international organizations;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF9774E1A962C488B90570E9184489AF1"><enum>(C)</enum><text>address long-term challenges of national importance for which solutions require large-scale,
long-term, interdisciplinary research and development;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H662A2EA5F57C48C2A0385DBCBC6D4371"><enum>(D)</enum><text>place emphasis on innovative and high-risk projects having the potential for substantial societal
returns on the research investment;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H77BDCDF21B3C44C8A639C5E888CE23BD"><enum>(E)</enum><text>strengthen all levels of networking and information technology education and training programs to
ensure an adequate, well-trained workforce; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA3272D78A2874D84A5A45F1F01D9E1A5"><enum>(F)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">attract more women and underrepresented minorities to pursue postsecondary degrees in networking
and information technology.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H22B279D65BA14AAC89E5D9C688D4C5AE"><enum>(3)</enum><header>National research infrastructure</header><text>The strategic plan developed in accordance with paragraph (1) shall be accompanied by milestones
and roadmaps for establishing and maintaining the national research
infrastructure required to support the Program, including the roadmap
required by subsection (a)(2)(E).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H46ED06595F924D85B6824BE5B097A55D"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Recommendations</header><text>The entities involved in developing the strategic plan under paragraph (1) shall take into
consideration the recommendations—</text>
<subparagraph id="HB48E64A1EBCA4422955E04CCC962ACB4"><enum>(A)</enum><text>of the advisory committee established under subsection (b); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H61BA96AB07FF4756B30AB6415D211D90"><enum>(B)</enum><text>of the stakeholders whose input was solicited by the National Coordination Office, as required
under section 102(b)(3).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H039FC9001C5B41D79524960225D847CC"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Report to Congress</header><text>The Director of the National Coordination Office shall transmit the strategic plan required under
paragraph (1) to the advisory committee, 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></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="HBBED25AC6F90419E9EDCC9CED0E1BBC0"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Additional responsibilities of director</header><text>Section 101(a)(2) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/5511">15 U.S.C. 5511(a)(2)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H1E6ED73EC8F34CDDB1200DB7D25A417F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A) by inserting <quote>education,</quote> before <quote>and other activities</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6E58439EB0864E9D85B0669515CCC8CB"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by redesignating subparagraphs (E) and (F) as subparagraphs (F) and (G), respectively; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB45A9952194243C5AD2C1AC779CADF7C"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by inserting after subparagraph (D) the following new subparagraph:</text>
<quoted-block id="HE18166B22C404C30AE95C910EDC98FA3" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="H5E7601D978A344549B0A501237048796" indent="up1"><enum>(E)</enum><text>encourage and monitor the efforts of the agencies participating in the Program to allocate the
level of resources and management attention necessary to ensure that the
strategic plan under subsection (e) is developed and executed effectively
and that the objectives of the Program are met;</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H62ED950FCB7B483B9B5BD0C6DE4F8B4D"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Advisory committee</header><text>Section 101(b)(1) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/5511">15 U.S.C. 5511(b)(1)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HFB2AE02CAB9E4673904326FF28E0B0BF"><enum>(1)</enum><text>after the first sentence, by inserting the following: <quote>The co-chairs of the advisory committee shall meet the qualifications of committee membership and
may be members of the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and
Technology.</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9286D7CBB40745638B93FE3651C1DF23"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (D), by striking <quote>high-performance</quote> and inserting <quote>high-end</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H584761A57A314AEDA610FD7C3A1CC385"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Section 101(a)(3) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/5511">15 U.S.C. 5511(a)(3)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7731E98138974182813CBD05FE1E736E"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (B)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H0AD8414D97194E75AD3A1B1E3B659AD0"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by redesignating clauses (vii) through (xi) as clauses (viii) through (xii), respectively; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H40445FE0549F41E4B5B6AAD350F57EBA"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting after clause (vi) the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3050820D1B864626BE3378EC67E0DBD2" style="OLC">
<clause id="H5EF1617CEA4B4AEE944D69898C5FC9F6"><enum>(vii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Department of Homeland Security;</text></clause><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H65A4FFB8A9124B80815B4AB2B80435FA"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subparagraph (C)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H254C9FFB4B6E47A7B89A7582A8051372"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>is submitted,</quote> and inserting <quote>is submitted, the levels for the previous fiscal year,</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H48ED0A6ECED9443589008E5D2BA85723"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>each Program Component Area;</quote> and inserting <quote>each Program Component Area and research area supported in accordance with section 104;</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H9FDC749C60F4433393B8D0BCE3432995"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subparagraph (D)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H2CB9530A6C324EF9A80F43458472149E"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>each Program Component Area,</quote> and inserting <quote>each Program Component Area and research area supported in accordance with section 104,</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3B64E4DA953E4A8AA9AB515DC936E575"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>is submitted,</quote> and inserting <quote>is submitted, the levels for the previous fiscal year,</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1B0FB3ED424F4952ADF19A1A5DD82643"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by striking <quote>and</quote> after the semicolon;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H37DAA9D922A8414E8B0590BCD9C0D08B"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by redesignating subparagraph (E) as subparagraph (G); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H19837C7EDEFF4B3A9396533652D37735"><enum>(5)</enum><text>by inserting after subparagraph (D) the following new subparagraphs:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7D66868AAF6749FBA4AEF0AFBEF777EC" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="H306DB84DD7724CE3B7B773AB8F68521D" indent="up1"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">include a description of how the objectives for each Program Component Area, and the objectives for
activities that involve multiple Program Component Areas, relate to the
objectives of the Program identified in the strategic plan required under
subsection (e);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HAD2060F48B644D21AE422D4E3B17768C" indent="up1"><enum>(F)</enum><text>include—</text>
<clause id="H1D8203D8250046F4AC75DDC7D4E0F0BF"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a description of the funding required by the National Coordination Office to perform the functions
specified under section 102(b) for the next fiscal year by category of
activity;</text>
</clause><clause id="H9CB099F5024B46F2ADC5ABD312B9258D"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>a description of the funding required by such Office to perform the functions specified under
section 102(b) for the current fiscal year by category of activity; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H83831945A8B245BA9D298B7A049CE7E1"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the amount of funding provided for such Office for the current fiscal year by each agency
participating in the Program; and</text></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HA70323E72A804FEB8A2CD5026E702CFE"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Definition</header><text>Section 4 of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/5503">15 U.S.C. 5503</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H7FD2AD0AD7CE4C5C9A4018A79A0263F2"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraphs (1) through (7) as paragraphs (2) through (8), respectively;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HCF4A5BAF7C7D4B60A1F64D45D422AB54"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting before paragraph (2), as so redesignated, the following new paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block id="H64D19D24F1DE44FB88DC96CBF90910D1" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H7F623777A0AD462B92FA030CECBEB492"><enum>(1)</enum><text><term>cyber-physical systems</term> means physical or engineered systems whose networking and information technology functions and
physical elements are deeply integrated and are actively connected to the
physical world through sensors, actuators, or other means to perform
monitoring and control functions;</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HEFE48FAD8FFD4734A3AF4EAF6DDE6567"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (3), as so redesignated, by striking <quote>high-performance computing</quote> and inserting <quote>networking and information technology</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H087DAA231ED04B5CB75EDA3AECBC84DC"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (4), as so redesignated—</text>
<subparagraph id="HDCEBCED0D7F44EF6925F14247C2434A1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking “high-performance computing” and inserting “networking and information technology”; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8B3384C9A0A34A08A1AF7A550A47FF10"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking “supercomputer” and inserting “high-end computing”;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H46A2B8F812384937830290FB2D7966AC"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (6), as so redesignated, by striking <quote>network referred to as</quote> and all that follows through the semicolon and inserting <quote>network, including advanced computer networks of Federal agencies and departments;</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB237D931A42F45E7964E0F034B511812"><enum>(6)</enum><text>in paragraph (7), as so redesignated, by striking <quote>National High-Performance Computing Program</quote> and inserting <quote>networking and information technology research and development program</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H114907E27AB84B48B62C54F2FBD954A6"><enum>503.</enum><header>Large-scale research in areas of national importance</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Title I of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/5511">15 U.S.C. 5511</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following new section:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4CB1C643A1254FBF8A7BC6688CED9AEA" style="OLC">
<section id="H00C932ED76D64D2FA67C4839C91B4C0E"><enum>104.</enum><header>Large-scale research in areas of national importance</header>
<subsection id="HEFB58FA5D66F4C3E85307684BE3FB033"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Program shall encourage agencies identified in section 101(a)(3)(B) to support large-scale,
long-term, interdisciplinary research and development activities in
networking and information technology directed toward application areas
that have the potential for significant contributions to national economic
competitiveness and for other significant societal benefits. Such
activities, ranging from basic research to the demonstration of technical
solutions, shall be designed to advance the development of research
discoveries. The advisory committee established under section 101(b) shall
make recommendations to the Program for candidate research and development
areas for support under this section.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HBA5416CB78F14EA0997DAF7561DD0E9B"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Characteristics</header>
<paragraph id="HF7D7DB506B1542DDA8151D423CA0B254"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Research and development activities under this section shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="H5D1138F3A49F4B948CA3BCC50D39B24A"><enum>(A)</enum><text>include projects selected on the basis of applications for support through a competitive,
merit-based process;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA60C9A3EA3294AB9AC58EDE7B4F93E81"><enum>(B)</enum><text>involve collaborations among researchers in institutions of higher education and industry, and may
involve nonprofit research institutions and Federal laboratories, as
appropriate;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF987C1277A824D4B960E8468BD32B85E"><enum>(C)</enum><text>when possible, leverage Federal investments through collaboration with related State initiatives;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HBDACBA6010544A59947EA7D9E088AA07"><enum>(D)</enum><text>include a plan for fostering the transfer of research discoveries and the results of technology
demonstration activities, including from institutions of higher education
and Federal laboratories, to industry for commercial development.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H7982785F6C0441E08EEC57DBA5C44578"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Cost-sharing</header><text>In selecting applications for support, the agencies shall give special consideration to projects
that include cost sharing from non-Federal sources.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9B980E9557F341A483EF2B7055B37C3C"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Agency collaboration</header><text>If 2 or more agencies identified in section 101(a)(3)(B), or other appropriate agencies, are
working on large-scale research and development activities in the same
area of national importance, then such agencies shall strive to
collaborate through joint solicitation and selection of applications for
support and subsequent funding of projects.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H569A8428105243BD8E8D6F3A747C41A3"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Interdisciplinary research centers</header><text>Research and development activities under this section may be supported through interdisciplinary
research centers that are organized to investigate basic research
questions and carry out technology demonstration activities in areas
described in subsection (a). Research may be carried out through existing
interdisciplinary centers, including those authorized under section
7024(b)(2) of the America COMPETES Act (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/110/69">Public Law 110–69</external-xref>; 42 U.S.C.
1862o–10).</text></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="H520E31F7E86B46E1BFADB9FF25E5A9A6"><enum>504.</enum><header>Cyber-physical systems</header>
<subsection id="H8B84071620A2449A8E30D855249DE552"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Additional Program characteristics</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 101(a)(1) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/5511">15 U.S.C. 5511(a)(1)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H063F938BA883483D81C4DA47C1204661"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subparagraph (H), by striking <quote>and</quote> after the semicolon;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6C933AC5012F4D0C83D789B4C770BD11"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (I)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H3E3232F56B334C96ABDBE232298EAE9A"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>improving the security</quote> and inserting <quote>improving the security, reliability, and resilience</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H443FB0174FCB42788BE7AEA7D7DF2B72"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H0F1B639E1A3443C5B0580E2C9DDAA8EF"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following new subparagraphs:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H327DF40F130241218D4376FE8393A64B" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="H33844D8B9DB74C1AA7E950A858C7FB80" indent="up1"><enum>(J)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provide for increased understanding of the scientific principles of cyber-physical systems and
improve the methods available for the design, development, and operation
of cyber-physical systems that are characterized by high reliability,
safety, and security; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDD75F4BA023B4FD6A0D4810314016966" indent="up1"><enum>(K)</enum><text>provide for research and development on human-computer interactions, visualization, and big data.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H59B4671CAA5C4BFA99E11E2E31958867"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Workshop</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Title I of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/5511">15 U.S.C. 5511</external-xref>) is amended further by adding after section 104, as added by
section 503 of this Act, the following new section:</text>
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<section id="H15D17F0174EB4B359535EC703DA6A3CB"><enum>105.</enum><header>University/Industry Workshop</header>
<subsection id="H3938B81E769F494FADBA5AD5C412DFB0"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of the <short-title>Advancing America’s Networking and Information Technology Research and Development Act of 2014</short-title>, the Director of the National Coordination Office shall convene a workshop, with participants from
institutions of higher education, Federal laboratories, and industry, to
explore mechanisms for carrying out collaborative research and development
activities for cyber-physical systems, including the related technologies
required to enable these systems, and to develop grand challenges in
cyber-physical systems research and development.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H2E5E45976FBF4BA1876323E7B1BC9352"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Functions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The workshop participants shall—</text>
<paragraph id="H2092F36A980F42078B80B1BB854E4E2A"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">develop options for models for research and development partnerships among institutions of higher
education, Federal laboratories, and industry, including mechanisms for
the support of research and development carried out under these
partnerships;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HAF74FAC4729740CE9A512FAD16E96950"><enum>(2)</enum><text>develop options for grand challenges in cyber-physical systems research and development that would
be addressed through such partnerships;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0CAB443793D540569DF65DF6DAB3247F"><enum>(3)</enum><text>propose guidelines for assigning intellectual property rights and for the transfer of research
results to the private sector; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1E18B547716C439F941147BF24A706D0"><enum>(4)</enum><text>make recommendations for how Federal agencies participating in the Program can help support
research and development partnerships in cyber-physical systems, including
through existing or new grant programs.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HB2D189B093B24B488E42414ADADD86E5"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Participants</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Director of the National Coordination Office shall ensure that participants in the workshop are
individuals with knowledge and expertise in cyber-physical systems and
that participants represent a broad mix of relevant stakeholders,
including academic and industry researchers, cyber-physical systems and
technologies manufacturers, cyber-physical systems and technologies users,
and, as appropriate, Federal Government regulators.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H1C28F3401D604199B7295343BF780BE1"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 18 months after the date of enactment of the <short-title>Advancing America’s Networking and Information Technology Research and Development Act of 2014</short-title>, the Director of the National Coordination Office shall transmit to the Committee on Commerce,
Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Science,
Space, and Technology of the House of Representatives a report describing
the findings and recommendations resulting from the workshop required
under this section.</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section id="HFE2FC80751A44E17973B293BE9873648"><enum>505.</enum><header>Cloud computing services for research</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Title I of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/5511">15 U.S.C. 5511</external-xref>) is amended further by adding after section 105, as added by <internal-xref idref="H59B4671CAA5C4BFA99E11E2E31958867" legis-path="4.(b)">section 504(b)</internal-xref> of this Act, the following new section:</text>
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<section id="H12DBCC449EAA45AD85CC4175DB019CFC"><enum>106.</enum><header>Cloud computing services for research</header>
<subsection id="H2E23D78A47E34AB48C0A3004813670E3"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Interagency working group</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of the <short-title>Advancing America’s Networking and Information Technology Research and Development Act of 2014</short-title>, the Director of the National Coordination Office, working through the National Science and
Technology Council, shall convene an interagency working group to examine—</text>
<paragraph id="H125A9D6AAD1D4648A335A75EC1FAA717"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the research and development needed—</text>
<subparagraph id="HDC760C61D928455AAFBD409286F75366"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to enhance the effectiveness and efficiency of cloud computing environments;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE6175B5993B54F77AD502119E7C1EA7C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to increase the trustworthiness of cloud applications and infrastructure; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4222DB73F58444BB8249F64B0914B96D"><enum>(C)</enum><text>to enhance the foundations of cloud architectures, programming models, and interoperability; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HC7DFBF23EAF74FAD9F6BAF52751E1F32"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">how Federal science agencies can facilitate the use of cloud computing for federally funded science
and engineering research, including—</text>
<subparagraph id="H2AD36921CE754968A8E0113BD0D6BC9D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>making recommendations on changes in funding mechanisms, budget models, and policies needed to
remove barriers to the adoption of cloud computing services for research
and for data preservation and sharing; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H78A884B2D5834ADD8B2A3AAC65CC24DF"><enum>(B)</enum><text>providing guidance to organizations and researchers on opportunities and guidelines for using cloud
computing services for federally supported research and related
activities.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H64C97AD536634A379508C9E968D3A917"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Consultation</header><text>In carrying out the tasks in paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (a), the working group shall
consult with academia, industry, Federal laboratories, and other relevant
organizations and institutions, as appropriate.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HA29F26B324B645C88B65DD27B5399F1A"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of the <short-title>Advancing America’s Networking and Information Technology Research and Development Act of 2014</short-title>, the Director of the National Coordination Office shall transmit to the Committee on Science,
Space, and Technology of the House of Representatives and the Committee on
Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate a report describing
the findings and any recommendations of the working group.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HE6478A53ED5048D6AF35A1DB2357A8C8"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Termination</header><text>The interagency working group shall terminate upon transmittal of the report required under
subsection (c).</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="H2A1F4316C47B44D9A6F9B7AFFB6F53A0"><enum>506.</enum><header>National Coordination Office</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 102 of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/5512">15 U.S.C. 5512</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text>
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<section id="H7556C0D3713A4D119E772D6D7D3B4F5E"><enum>102.</enum><header>National Coordination Office</header>
<subsection id="HAFC4A1C5509E45329B39C1C34745E2E4"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Office</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Director shall continue a National Coordination Office with a Director and full-time staff.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HC736E049B93A4602BB6A7E132025784E"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Functions</header><text>The National Coordination Office shall—</text>
<paragraph id="H5312D2BB81044255B5E325EDF0E228BA"><enum>(1)</enum><text>provide technical and administrative support to—</text>
<subparagraph id="HE3E9A0F9612F492DB7D748EA3F2CAEEA"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the agencies participating in planning and implementing the Program, including such support as
needed in the development of the strategic plan under section 101(e); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF3D14583415F40B0AF8DB5BF924464EA"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the advisory committee established under section 101(b);</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HDFE4953A157A46CABE092D449633338F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>serve as the primary point of contact on Federal networking and information technology activities
for government organizations, academia, industry, professional societies,
State computing and networking technology programs, interested citizen
groups, and others to exchange technical and programmatic information;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HEF048BDE330844079822A5909F7BF4F6"><enum>(3)</enum><text>solicit input and recommendations from a wide range of stakeholders during the development of each
strategic plan required under section 101(e) through the convening of at
least 1 workshop with invitees from academia, industry, Federal
laboratories, and other relevant organizations and institutions;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H159BF53447324531A99707CDF7249D0F"><enum>(4)</enum><text>conduct public outreach, including the dissemination of findings and recommendations of the
advisory committee, as appropriate; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H155D603224524F32B732885DB17C70E4"><enum>(5)</enum><text>promote access to and early application of the technologies, innovations, and expertise derived
from Program activities to agency missions and systems across the Federal
Government and to United States industry.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HF9E4DC49FB4E4D51B1DAA21C8FC3FB45"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Source of funding</header>
<paragraph id="H47590CE1316A4608A5F675D807A450A6"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The operation of the National Coordination Office shall be supported by funds from each agency
participating in the Program.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8A875C8CAB7B428D9393BCC686E0D675"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Specifications</header><text>The portion of the total budget of such Office that is provided by each agency for each fiscal year
shall be in the same proportion as each such agency’s share of the total
budget for the Program for the previous fiscal year, as specified in the
report required under section 101(a)(3).</text></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="HCD14F599CFCB419D949B49E2541B5055"><enum>507.</enum><header>Improving networking and information technology education</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 201(a) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/5521">15 U.S.C. 5521(a)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H607B48CB64DD4099B4F8C5799799DE4D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraphs (2) through (4) as paragraphs (3) through (5), respectively; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H87C6351B28A042FD9AB5FE940C92BF93"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (1) the following new paragraph:</text>
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<paragraph id="H9C6B50E013154C4EB5CC6D429A63ACD8"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the National Science Foundation shall use its existing programs, in collaboration with other
agencies, as appropriate, to improve the teaching and learning of
networking and information technology at all levels of education and to
increase participation in networking and information technology fields,
including by women and underrepresented minorities;</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="H14B1AC155CDB4190BC0E650EF107E756"><enum>508.</enum><header>Conforming and technical amendments</header>
<subsection id="H8BC45191A5604F52A1071523552278AE"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Section 3</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 3 of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/5502">15 U.S.C. 5502</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HB4BB80F5B9CB4ADB913389E866D2E91D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking <quote>high-performance computing</quote> and inserting <quote>networking and information technology</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9470BE72663E406D8BE329899FF557E9"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (1)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HF355EE8E0D1D4ECAB74BA54346A7A217"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>high-performance computing</quote> and inserting <quote>networking and information technology</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H46092BFA19E0452CAFAEB6F33309FB1A"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraphs (A), (F), and (G), by striking <quote>high-performance computing</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>networking and information technology</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HFB0EE30AEFA4468F89767A6621BCF92D"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in subparagraph (H), by striking <quote>high-performance</quote> and inserting <quote>high-end</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HFFCB89BA15F54CDDA057E5B832E9CD0F"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H073DC5425E7B459BAA2713726823301A"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>high-performance computing and</quote> and inserting <quote>networking and information technology and</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H287F7294967D4B999025DF193D4A307B"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>high-performance computing network</quote> and inserting <quote>networking and information technology</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H0DBCCF5D5C4A4C2482C083256823D0CC"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Title I</header><text>The heading of title I of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/5511">15 U.S.C. 5511</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote><header-in-text level="title" style="OLC">High-Performance Computing</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="title" style="OLC">Networking and Information Technology</header-in-text></quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H92062CA0DF6343008369BFF0CD40ECB4"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Section 101</header><text>Section 101 of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/5511">15 U.S.C. 5511</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HA33D43F5BE4A4D6A93B2A2CE536F1C92"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the section heading, by striking <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="OLC">High-Performance Computing</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="OLC">Networking and Information Technology Research and Development</header-in-text></quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H778600058F9D4F2181135B35A9FF08FC"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (a)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H119A649B9C094741ADCE0B6E010853B3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the subsection heading, by striking <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">National High-Performance Computing</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Networking and Information Technology Research and Development</header-in-text></quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD6371B9ABE1A42158FDA10E803BEF4D2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (1) of such subsection—</text>
<clause id="HC8F21DB17FD447BABF7227BE1AA2D5AC"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>National High-Performance Computing Program</quote> and inserting <quote>networking and information technology research and development program</quote>;</text>
</clause><clause id="HC68C6ED0EBFF4EC4A8D6EEA0E8F39994"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>high-performance computing, including networking</quote> and inserting <quote>networking and information technology</quote>;</text>
</clause><clause id="H0DA8280AB74F45B787B0F8E500684239"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>in subparagraphs (B) and (G), by striking <quote>high-performance</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>high-end</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H14A389F3C1514D2CB000B8282FA37E7D"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (C), by striking <quote>high-performance computing and networking</quote> and inserting <quote>high-end computing, distributed, and networking</quote>; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HEEDC1C19CD9B465B98AB6FDDF819CCD0"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (2) of such subsection—</text>
<clause id="H7A5F3D9AA636498DBE8D81B1BF48B8A5"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in subparagraphs (A) and (C)—</text>
<subclause id="HCC636E5353B044BAACA77F399F691974"><enum>(I)</enum><text>by striking <quote>high-performance computing</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>networking and information technology</quote>; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HDF3B98508A5B4885BC13FE1215435386"><enum>(II)</enum><text>by striking <quote>development, networking,</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>development,</quote>; and</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="H6FD3F1AD45624E6DBB6FD41FA21824A7"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in subparagraphs (F) and (G), as redesignated by section 2(c)(1) of this Act, by striking <quote>high-performance</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>high-end</quote>;</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC16CFC95249E4A0DA7939FB61AC7E72D"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (b)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H24615632E9C449A78C99FFF0F94C9E0E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>high-performance computing</quote> both places it appears and inserting <quote>networking and information technology</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF843D3AC668F49E99ED09DA8F94338C7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), in the second sentence, by striking <quote>2</quote> and inserting <quote>3</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HEB7DB45B5FFA43329E1BBC9D1C50FD43"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (c)(1)(A), by striking <quote>high-performance computing</quote> and inserting <quote>networking and information technology</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HCD37D57FE2A242C585E739DE8EEE54DD"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Section 201</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 201(a)(1) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/5521">15 U.S.C. 5521(a)(1)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>high-performance computing</quote> and all that follows through <quote>networking;</quote> and inserting <quote>networking and information research and development;</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H8E796FC47AA24BA9AEC528DC92EE946F"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Section 202</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 202(a) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/5522">15 U.S.C. 5522(a)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>high-performance computing</quote> and inserting <quote>networking and information technology</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H5D63E01FF9844864877E523A67D17DA1"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Section 203</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 203(a) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/5523">15 U.S.C. 5523(a)(1)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H9C6DFE59C0514704A13AC2F834FE6AF4"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by striking <quote>high-performance computing and networking</quote> and inserting <quote>networking and information technology</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1B4395096569472C85DB9F018A7C24A2"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)(A), by striking <quote>high-performance</quote> and inserting <quote>high-end</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H1624B27417924CE4AC4798736B00F642"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Section 204</header><text>Section 204 of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/5524">15 U.S.C. 5524</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H00720609069D446AA3A64345F4FA538B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a)(1)—</text>
<subparagraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF6DA812C06484964A5E92923A648FB3B"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>high-performance computing systems and networks</quote> and inserting <quote>networking and information technology systems and capabilities</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H57172F9E44614C59A0F517530F548978"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B), by striking <quote>interoperability of high-performance computing systems in networks and for common user interfaces
to systems</quote> and inserting <quote>interoperability and usability of networking and information technology systems</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H560AAFAA1BFF4EF4A13A83A6A40BEDE2"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (C), by striking <quote>high-performance computing</quote> and inserting <quote>networking and information technology</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HAA687C2E558347A98A995F37CA8E3D22"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (b)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H06698E58CC9749A18769D869E99551B4"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the heading, by striking <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">High-Performance Computing and Network</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Networking and Information Technology</header-in-text></quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE6921455AE7D4B798B6E29FB76BF57F5"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>sensitive</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HD8D886A80C3549B6ABD0128FF13278F1"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Section 205</header><text>Section 205(a) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/5525">15 U.S.C. 5525(a)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>computational</quote> and inserting <quote>networking and information technology</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H7171C790C5A546D1BB1A044E23BD2157"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Section 206</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 206(a) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/5526">15 U.S.C. 5526(a)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>computational research</quote> and inserting <quote>networking and information technology research</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HCFF96ADB5E744349A37925DAD7DBB10F"><enum>(j)</enum><header>Section 207</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 207(b) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/5527">15 U.S.C. 5527(b)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>high-performance computing</quote> and inserting <quote>networking and information technology</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HF7CF39CF77FD4D6F89D80AB26820D051"><enum>(k)</enum><header>Section 208</header><text>Section 208 of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/5528">15 U.S.C. 5528</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HF435B439E047483FA416FB21446189A8"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the section heading, by striking <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="OLC">High-Performance Computing</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="OLC">Networking and Information Technology</header-in-text></quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H99D516C8E32143B2B041A1956ACDC123"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (a)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HC8262B68093F477C9902CF48722221CE"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by striking <quote>High-performance computing and associated</quote> and inserting <quote>Networking and information</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H845083782E20467A9B9B7EDB8530AA7B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), by striking <quote>high-performance computing</quote> and inserting <quote>networking and information technologies</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H406C6DF5E93D46D79F603968E8892588"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (3), by striking <quote>high-performance</quote> and inserting <quote>high-end</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5FB50D70E0B84DAA8796701B078CDAC1"><enum>(D)</enum><text>in paragraph (4), by striking <quote>high-performance computers and associated</quote> and inserting <quote>networking and information</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8C057B13FDE949FB88D7DB85878930A2"><enum>(E)</enum><text>in paragraph (5), by striking <quote>high-performance computing and associated</quote> and inserting <quote>networking and information</quote>.</text>
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