114 S3084 ES: American Innovation and Competitiveness Act
U.S. Senate
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1.Short title; table of contents
(a)This Act may be cited as the American Innovation and Competitiveness Act
. (b)The table of contents of this Act is as follows:Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.Sec. 2. Definitions.TITLE I—Maximizing basic researchSec. 101. Reaffirmation of merit-based peer review.Sec. 102. Transparency and accountability.Sec. 103. EPSCoR reaffirmation and update.Sec. 104. Cybersecurity research.Sec. 105. Networking and Information Technology Research and Development Update.Sec. 106. Physical sciences coordination.Sec. 107. Laboratory program improvements.Sec. 108. Standard Reference Data Act update.Sec. 109. NSF mid-scale project investments.Sec. 110. Oversight of NSF major multi-user research facility projects.Sec. 111. Personnel oversight.Sec. 112. Management of the U.S. Antarctic Program.Sec. 113. NIST campus security.Sec. 114. Coordination of sustainable chemistry research and development.Sec. 115. Misrepresentation of research results.Sec. 116. Research reproducibility and replication.Sec. 117. Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies Initiative.TITLE II—Administrative and regulatory burden reductionSec. 201. Interagency working group on research regulation.Sec. 202. Scientific and technical collaboration.Sec. 203. NIST grants and cooperative agreements update.Sec. 204. Repeal of certain obsolete reports.Sec. 205. Repeal of certain provisions.Sec. 206. Grant subrecipient transparency and oversight.Sec. 207. Micro-purchase threshold for procurement solicitations by research institutions.Sec. 208. Coordination of international science and technology partnerships.TITLE III—Science, technology, engineering, and math educationSec. 301. Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program update.Sec. 302. Space grants.Sec. 303. STEM Education Advisory Panel.Sec. 304. Committee on STEM Education.Sec. 305. Programs to expand STEM opportunities.Sec. 306. NIST education and outreach.Sec. 307. Presidential awards for excellence in STEM mentoring.Sec. 308. Working group on inclusion in STEM fields.Sec. 309. Improving undergraduate STEM experiences.Sec. 310. Computer science education research.Sec. 311. Informal STEM education.Sec. 312. Developing STEM apprenticeships.Sec. 313. NSF report on broadening participation.Sec. 314. NOAA science education programs.Sec. 315. Hispanic-serving institutions undergraduate program update.TITLE IV—Leveraging the private sectorSec. 401. Prize competition authority update.Sec. 402. Crowdsourcing and citizen science.Sec. 403. NIST director functions update.Sec. 404. NIST Visiting Committee on Advanced Technology update.TITLE V—ManufacturingSec. 501. Hollings manufacturing extension partnership improvements.TITLE VI—Innovation and technology transferSec. 601. Innovation corps.Sec. 602. Translational research grants.Sec. 603. Optics and photonics technology innovations.Sec. 604. United States chief technology officer.Sec. 605. National research council study on technology for emergency notifications on campuses.
2.In this Act, unless expressly provided otherwise: (1)Appropriate committees of CongressThe term appropriate committees of Congress means the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the House of Representatives.
(2)The term Federal science agency has the meaning given the term in section 103 of the America COMPETES Reauthorization Act of 2010 (42 U.S.C. 6623).
(3)The term Foundation means the National Science Foundation. (4)Institution of higher educationThe term institution of higher education has the meaning given the term in section 101(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001(a)).
(5)The term NIST means the National Institute of Standards and Technology. (6)The term STEM has the meaning given the term in section 2 of the American COMPETES Reauthorization Act of 2010 (42 U.S.C. 6621 note).
(7)The term STEM education has the meaning given the term in section 2 of the STEM Education Act of 2015 (42 U.S.C. 6621 note).
<enum>I</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Maximizing basic research</header>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8ae41813-3295-4af5-8fe2-6312330a1adf" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>101.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Reaffirmation of merit-based peer review</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id02c32789-f3bb-4454-9336-c3f55da656f2"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Sense of Congress</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">It is the sense of Congress that—</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id030C13826D7C4E64998FD3A7FE1261EA"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">sustained, predictable Federal funding of basic research is essential to United States leadership in science and technology;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id50702dad-2382-4394-89d1-2a4e09a3decf"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts criteria are appropriate for evaluating grant proposals, as concluded by the 2011 National Science Board Task Force on Merit Review;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1b51fc52-9d93-4bed-9c50-5f8d5400f1bd"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">evaluating proposals on the basis of the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts criteria should be used to assure that the Foundation's activities are in the national interest as these reviews can affirm that—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida93b6d93-4338-4989-a1d1-e9bffd34961e"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the proposals funded by the Foundation are of high quality and advance scientific knowledge; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd44f9ab7-24e0-459a-9b63-38a15dc003a6"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Foundation’s grants address societal needs through basic research findings or through related activities; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0454c53d-979d-4e2b-96bf-8e57f7807261"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">as evidenced by the Foundation’s contributions to scientific advancement, economic growth, human health, and national security, its peer review and merit review processes have identified and funded scientifically and societally relevant basic research and should be preserved.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8d08c392-3b5b-4276-9118-2edabfcc4677"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Merit review criteria</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Foundation shall maintain the intellectual merit and broader impacts criteria, among other specific criteria as appropriate, as the basis for evaluating grant proposals in the merit review process.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id367f83cc-56ec-4732-9e88-820fa8a704dc"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Updates</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If after the date of enactment of this Act a change is made to the merit-review process, the Director shall submit a report to the appropriate committees of Congress not later than 30 days after the date of the change.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id78a87be5-9659-4676-ac07-d7fa63ed3a28" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>102.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Transparency and accountability</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd395a6e5-c966-4a1c-949e-895840bf9442"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Findings</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF3161CD5676E4625A7466A304A484D14"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">building the understanding of and confidence in investments in basic research is essential to public support for sustained, predictable Federal funding;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA8A20090223C44B2A96E49059B89DF62"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Foundation has improved transparency and accountability of the outcomes made through the merit review process, but additional transparency into individual grants is valuable in communicating and assuring the public value of federally funded research; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idEC4C91F042B94245B0B0FF2F19B5D6D6"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Foundation should commit to transparency and accountability and to clear, consistent public communication regarding the national interest for each Foundation-awarded grant and cooperative agreement.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idbef74cd0-e6be-4448-aade-3e0fa4796d35"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Guidance</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9a8ccb63-3e5b-4c91-ad5a-1812071b910b"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Director of the Foundation shall issue and periodically update, as appropriate, policy guidance for both Foundation staff and other Foundation merit review process participants on the importance of transparency and accountability to the outcomes made through the merit review process.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8a9d371d-2b93-448c-92f6-9b215d6c8151"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Requirements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The guidance under paragraph (1) shall require that each public notice of a Foundation-funded research project justify the expenditure of Federal funds by—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide350aae1-3086-4b04-ae14-c4ca5229311a"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">describing how the project—</text> <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id20e42621-3d3f-4632-a2c1-8e6f29f2f180"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">reflects the statutory mission of the Foundation, as established in the National Science Foundation Act of 1950 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1861">42 U.S.C. 1861 et seq.</external-xref>); and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida03983ec-bc5b-4d09-9bd8-91e9315cd123"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">addresses the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts criteria; and</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id72e18a9c-7a11-46c9-8bc8-66ae7c1088e7"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">clearly identifying the research goals of the project in a manner that can be easily understood by both technical and non-technical audiences.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idec6e807173964b1a87c03ca33943d5aa"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Broader impacts review criterion update</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 526(a) of the America COMPETES Reauthorization Act of 2010 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1862p-14">42 U.S.C. 1862p–14(a)</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id18E4F51667B54C6EB2249CD5E0DD5700" style="OLC">
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id235030a729ee454288e3cc1549f0eb6f"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Goals</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Foundation shall apply a broader impacts review criterion to identify and demonstrate project support of the following goals:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="iddcf5f3d6647f4cceb713f9f8ba31bc9a"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Increasing the economic competitiveness of the United States.</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id86b9ea5142714882b8dbadf5e6056438"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Advancing of the health and welfare of the American public.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc68a4c053b9249e89715e8abef1f534c"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Supporting the national defense of the United States.</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8c987f63fc274c71beea865b0539a147"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Enhancing partnerships between academia and industry in the United States.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0484a77e048b470c9a0fbb64c6dae554"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Developing an American STEM workforce that is globally competitive through improved pre-kindergarten through grade 12 STEM education and teacher development, and improved undergraduate STEM education and instruction.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0035e2eef7c14f76a54aab67e32daca4"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Improving public scientific literacy and engagement with science and technology in the United States.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idab74c0e9f9834ab987de63cbe3d12c8b"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Expanding participation of women and individuals from underrepresented groups in STEM.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id83b7054b-1755-4f05-8fec-b0473ed01c02" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>103.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">EPSCoR reaffirmation and update</header> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf0280e31-3bb2-4b52-95e8-3f8c7a810152"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Findings</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 517(a) of the America COMPETES Reauthorization Act of 2010 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1862p-9">42 U.S.C. 1862p–9(a)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6ed4a955-59cc-491d-99b1-a8b8529351a3"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (1)—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc69b3780-bf2b-4037-9437-75d309352ecb"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>The National</quote> and inserting <quote>the National</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0fd34a4b-8071-4c65-ae61-5aab5bc26ed4"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>education,</quote> and inserting <quote>education</quote>;</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc7c2fc60-c1ce-4549-a192-f8dd0c087a19"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (2), by striking <quote>with 27 States</quote> and all that follows through the semicolon at the end and inserting <quote>with 28 States and jurisdictions, taken together, receiving only about 12 percent of all National Science Foundation research funding;</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide99cdef3-840f-429b-8aaf-177d94b831bb"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking paragraph (3) and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id11bc209a-52f9-45c3-80a3-2e230974c7e5" style="OLC"> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd2e35f06-0bb2-4ed7-8d55-fa1eaddd6991"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">each of the States described in paragraph (2) receives only a fraction of 1 percent of the Foundation's research dollars each year;</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida1cdcf4b-8018-42ce-9456-faa23217b1bb"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3b82369e-d970-4e1b-8f84-ba6c73323f1e" style="OLC"> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idfa7990f1-73d4-4141-821d-c3aecf9e1382"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">first established at the National Science Foundation in 1979, the Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (referred to in this section as <quote>EPSCoR</quote>) assists States and jurisdictions historically underserved by Federal research and development funding in strengthening their research and innovation capabilities;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id59348c21-db8c-46a7-8490-da1647505eed"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the EPSCoR structure requires each participating State to develop a science and technology plan suited to State and local research, education, and economic interests and objectives;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idca5584fa-6cba-4e43-826b-03ab5a083db0"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">EPSCoR has been credited with advancing the research competitiveness of participating States, improving awareness of science, promoting policies that link scientific investment and economic growth, and encouraging partnerships between government, industry, and academia;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id29c0740b-b6d5-4654-b5cc-cd4ff9a933bd"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">EPSCoR proposals are evaluated through a rigorous and competitive merit-review process to ensure that awarded research and development efforts meet high scientific standards; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id39214195-ac14-4233-86c7-971d078a4f66"><enum>(8)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">according to the National Academy of Sciences, EPSCoR has strengthened the national research infrastructure and enhanced the educational opportunities needed to develop the science and engineering workforce.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id64d1dffd-a207-461b-9081-1a37d3a80c3e"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Sense of Congress</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id530b7d72-d3df-4f27-8008-3b6029510dd4"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">It is the sense of Congress that—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7ddae79a-fadb-48e5-80f5-03eba3c1235b"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">since maintaining the Nation’s scientific and economic leadership requires the participation of talented individuals nationwide, EPSCoR investments into State research and education capacities are in the Federal interest and should be sustained; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id34b7fbe4-f53a-4f4a-b4de-8d9506eba989"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">EPSCoR should maintain its experimental component by supporting innovative methods for improving research capacity and competitiveness.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6eaa05a3-8701-4c65-a098-217bfbb94ba1"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Definition of EPSCoR</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this subsection, the term <term>EPSCoR</term> has the meaning given the term in section 502 of the America COMPETES Reauthorization Act of 2010 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1862p">42 U.S.C. 1862p</external-xref> note).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id46da742d-2201-466e-aecd-4f60c11af7dd"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Award structure updates</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 517 of the America COMPETES Reauthorization Act of 2010 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1862p-9">42 U.S.C. 1862p–9</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb11ffdc7-b3b3-4234-a43a-a1b03a2a9db2" style="OLC">
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3785ffa5-9ba5-429f-b921-a797d901f3ea"><enum>(g)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Award structure updates</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In implementing the mandate to maximize the impact of Federal EPSCoR support on building competitive research infrastructure, and based on the inputs and recommendations of previous EPSCoR reviews, the head of each Federal agency administering an EPSCoR program shall—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4141504a-c3f6-409a-b4d4-0a765deeac2a"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">consider modifications to EPSCoR proposal solicitation, award type, and project evaluation—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7ad3a754-9ad3-465f-8ec4-3dae54cda44c"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to more closely align with current agency priorities and initiatives;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idfd15916d-d9e4-411c-920f-7156de1ea33d"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to focus EPSCoR funding on achieving critical scientific, infrastructure, and educational needs of that agency;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb6621043-5cb3-4494-a339-c3f46f4f2bfa"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to encourage collaboration between EPSCoR-eligible institutions and researchers, including with institutions and researchers in other States and jurisdictions;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id57b6beac-f2d6-44fd-a089-c01ae230886d"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to improve communication between State and Federal agency proposal reviewers; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idef6e8f8b-3343-4548-a413-6da5e6d9c771"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to continue to reduce administrative burdens associated with EPSCoR;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id384f46cd-2ffc-40da-ac33-255097f22b16"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">consider modifications to EPSCoR award structures—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb8e5b115-762d-4be5-be50-aac5d9867294"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to emphasize long-term investments in building research capacity, potentially through the use of larger, renewable funding opportunities; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id926345bf-77ac-4562-82eb-703441785306"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to allow the agency, States, and jurisdictions to experiment with new research and development funding models; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2a336632-524c-451a-83e4-2e0f038ab74a"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">consider modifications to the mechanisms used to monitor and evaluate EPSCoR awards—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id59bb8052-fe18-4d07-91cb-2ba85983346a"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to increase collaboration between EPSCoR-funded researchers and agency staff, including by providing opportunities for mentoring young researchers and for the use of Federal facilities;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc665d7b8-65d1-4c2a-bc8c-9b71369de21d"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to identify and disseminate best practices; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id243e2791-9f31-4494-926d-73bd3fe47026"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to harmonize metrics across participating Federal agencies, as appropriate.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id23ce52fb-92ec-4a10-8e01-fdfd73bfc584"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Reports</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7494f4cb-b94a-4741-89e0-1fc309e6a337"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Congressional reports</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 517 of the America COMPETES Reauthorization Act of 2010 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1862p-9">42 U.S.C. 1862p–9</external-xref>), as amended, is further amended—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb6ef350b-232e-40b7-be4b-0e7fb4a13abd"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking subsection (c);</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id46385778-8009-4b4f-8e23-48da36ac1e4f"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating subsections (d) through (g) as subsections (c) through (f), respectively;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idbe6c3e49-0623-41c7-b1b2-ea540defe9f7"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (c), as redesignated—</text> <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7ace6492-872c-4476-a4d2-536744e599e8"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (1), by striking <quote>Experimental Programs to Stimulate Competitive Research</quote> and inserting <quote>EPSCoR</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id722627a8-4cb9-4745-87cf-700815e37e7b"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (2)—</text> <subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7cc52223-23c6-42e6-b03c-3ee601a64306"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraphs (A) and (E), by striking <quote>EPSCoR and Federal EPSCoR-like programs</quote> and inserting <quote>each EPSCoR</quote>;</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id590CD0659A87458EB411F3EE3A2F8984"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (D), by striking <quote>EPSCoR and other Federal EPSCoR-like programs</quote> and inserting <quote>each EPSCoR</quote>;</text> </subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd6e87529-0f41-419f-ae07-c62d26648558"><enum>(III)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (E), by striking <quote>EPSCoR or Federal EPSCoR-like programs</quote> and inserting <quote>each EPSCoR</quote>; and</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7ad4b6a3-4bc1-4411-bb49-1dddb9f32981"><enum>(IV)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (G), by striking <quote>EPSCoR programs</quote> and inserting <quote>each EPSCoR</quote>; and</text> </subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id696e9a6b-fd5d-4f9e-9e94-05d1797e2d08"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by amending subsection (d), as redesignated, to read as follows:</text>
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<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2c2c95b5-65fa-44d5-80a4-f10e42aa820d"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Federal agency reports</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each Federal agency that administers an EPSCoR shall submit to Congress, as part of its Federal budget submission—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idde28d0b4-46a3-4500-a9c4-24f61e7b6880"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a description of the program strategy and objectives;</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id73cdea48-2b1f-484b-90e4-dfa0effbcc90"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a description of the awards made in the previous fiscal year, including—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6c35b3fa-313c-49a8-a60e-d5f1642823ef"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the total amount made available, by State, under EPSCoR;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide91c74d6-4b7f-444d-a739-954b42f218aa"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the total amount of agency funding made available to all institutions and entities within each EPSCoR State;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide6b4c000-ed95-48e1-817f-d79be0bc9bec"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the efforts and accomplishments to more fully integrate the EPSCoR States in major agency activities and initiatives;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4d3c56aa-f2d6-4a0d-949d-f39a2fcf2eae"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the percentage of EPSCoR reviewers from EPSCoR States; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide67cea6e-5784-401b-acd4-af634c315711"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the number of programs or large collaborator awards involving a partnership of organizations and institutions from EPSCoR and non-EPSCoR States; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8b061f51-342f-45f3-bea2-ff7b10be27b0"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an analysis of the gains in academic research quality and competitiveness, and in science and technology human resource development, achieved by the program over the last 5 fiscal years.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="iddedab094-3b68-4eaa-a59d-5df50a8e65ff"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (e)(1), as redesignated, by striking <quote>Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research or a program similar to the Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research</quote> and inserting <quote>EPSCoR</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id82598e37-c720-47f0-8e11-91f0af779a26"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Results of award structure plan</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the EPSCoR Interagency Coordinating Committee shall brief the appropriate committees of Congress on the updates made to the award structure under 517(f) of the America COMPETES Reauthorization Act of 2010 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1862p-9">42 U.S.C. 1862p–9(f)</external-xref>), as amended by this subsection.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1c067a61-36a8-41d9-aec0-873b061607df"><enum>(e)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Definition of EPSCoR</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id23c208f5-257e-44cc-ad12-b1c683bf89bf"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 502 of the America COMPETES Reauthorization Act of 2010 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1862p">42 U.S.C. 1862p</external-xref> note) is amended by amending paragraph (2) to read as follows:</text>
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<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8f34b4a7-d00c-4576-80ff-7af59e346e1f"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">EPSCoR</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>EPSCoR</term> means—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idec3aef2a-743b-4874-97d7-68796b161420"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research established by the Foundation; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idcc5a2225-bb05-4082-8373-7b1a97e5bde8"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a program similar to the Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research at another Federal agency.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id768fac01-4e46-46ac-b579-3eeafeb4c23d"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Technical and conforming amendments</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 113 of the National Science Foundation Authorization Act of 1988 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1862g">42 U.S.C. 1862g</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id06c90f41-3b6a-4dac-bc1e-58f7e6f798c0"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the heading, by striking <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="OLC">Experimental</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="OLC">Established</header-in-text></quote>;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id50f98646-ef7c-447b-99ff-3290fe67e850"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (a), by striking <quote>an Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research</quote> and inserting <quote>a program to stimulate competitive research (known as the <quote>Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research</quote>)</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1de85ead-d1e9-4e9a-9b95-cecde75bfcb0"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (b), by striking <quote>the program</quote> and inserting <quote>the Program</quote>.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id724924c7-3107-4830-bf79-502bf494ef35" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>104.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Cybersecurity research</header> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb76b9aaa-db99-4788-9cd4-7ee72086e91a"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Foundation cybersecurity research</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 4(a)(1) of the Cyber Security Research and Development Act, as amended (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/7403">15 U.S.C. 7403(a)(1)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1b2ae91e-7f3a-46ab-aa72-b67cad7f3fc6"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (O), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3702bbd1-6325-4fb0-aabc-4f5a38a9b461"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (P), by striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id32c0f5e6-7c7d-44cc-8dec-3993fa6b7e8f"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id501b9676-91ba-4728-aa33-845480e69c7b" style="OLC"> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5e08805a-4912-4687-8f21-05c7eee0434f"><enum>(Q)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">security of election-dedicated voting system software and hardware; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id05e23bc5-fbd5-4af9-b4e8-c34543785aa6"><enum>(R)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">role of the human factor in cybersecurity and the interplay of computers and humans and the physical world.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd281f508-943e-4641-8e82-74c039356858"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">NIST cybersecurity priorities</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3afa2e60-c846-46ca-8bf4-217a8c56e510"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Critical infrastructure awareness</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Director of NIST shall continue to raise public awareness of the voluntary, industry-led cybersecurity standards and best practices for critical infrastructure developed under section 2(c)(15) of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/272">15 U.S.C. 272(c)(15)</external-xref>).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf3719f60-cf45-4d82-9823-c949cc5efcd9"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Quantum computing</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Under section 2(b) of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/272">15 U.S.C. 272(b)</external-xref>) and section 20 of that Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/278g-3">15 U.S.C. 278g–3</external-xref>), the Director of NIST shall—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id17f39f1d-bf61-4ca8-a574-94ee5b1231da"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">research information systems for future cybersecurity needs; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide40238df-af04-44b8-b940-02bb8e086a02"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">coordinate with relevant stakeholders to develop a process—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd348e45a-a3a6-44d6-811a-4067afa80207"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to research and identify or, if necessary, develop cryptography standards and guidelines for future cybersecurity needs, including quantum-resistant cryptography standards; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb506d90f-a6cd-4b69-9bba-84d90ede8c5a"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to provide recommendations to Congress, Federal agencies, and industry consistent with the National Technology Transfer and Advancement Act of 1995 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/104/113">Public Law 104–113</external-xref>; 110 Stat. 775), for a secure and smooth transition to the standards under clause (i).</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9D8710F2EE1744B88D44DE1B63A4D505"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Federal information systems research and development</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 20(d)(3) of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/278g-3">15 U.S.C. 278g–3(d)(3)</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id44ea3227d4e743c8aa073d44e8b39cdd" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf8c0fdde262e4b91953ebf66ec51c1f4"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">conduct research and analysis—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb751e4837e58422cbaedc9a225a432fe"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to determine the nature and extent of information security vulnerabilities and techniques for providing cost-effective information security;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id07adafbd3c7843babccc4dca0419bf1f"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to review and determine prevalent information security challenges and deficiencies identified by agencies or the Institute, including any challenges or deficiencies described in any of the annual reports under section 3553 or 3554 of title 44, United States Code, and in any of the reports and the independent evaluations under section 3555 of that title, that may undermine the effectiveness of agency information security programs and practices; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6d663a2efb1c4d0f887b099cfe154337"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to evaluate the effectiveness and sufficiency of, and challenges to, Federal agencies' implementation of standards and guidelines developed under this section and policies and standards promulgated under section 11331 of title 40, United States Code;</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id76083ce0-03f6-4d6f-8c6a-8dd60fa8b9c1"><enum>(4)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Voting</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 2(c) of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/272">15 U.S.C. 272(c)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id394de307-17d5-4660-b3e6-3896ccf5312f"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating paragraphs (16) through (23) as paragraphs (17) through (24), respectively; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idfa360f15-5040-4a7a-af03-01ba9c26cca4"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting after paragraph (15) the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf2bec0fc-8511-4ae9-8ff1-787104c9d096" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idfdf85ff7-ab77-4e42-9761-d1482403f564"><enum>(16)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">perform research to support the development of voluntary, consensus-based, industry-led standards and recommendations on the security of computers, computer networks, and computer data storage used in election systems to ensure voters can vote securely and privately.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB56FB943F79348E9AEE03036E5C90675" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>105.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Networking and Information Technology Research and Development Update</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0E68E9C023214D96B46224E915E73EEF"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Short title</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">This section may be cited as the <quote><short-title>Networking and Information Technology Research and Development Modernization Act of 2016</short-title></quote>.</text> </subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id581D3313D829488DA7AA608B76DBEFBA"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Findings</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 2 of the High-Performance Computing Act of 1991 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/5501">15 U.S.C. 5501</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6BDC9E79B1A84C919DD6B768BA248993"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraphs (2) and (5), by striking <quote>high-performance computing</quote> and inserting <quote>networking and information technology, including high-performance computing,</quote>; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id505397A348094F14A28AE2938C401B1A"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (3), by striking <quote>high-performance computing</quote> and inserting <quote>networking and information technology, including high-performance computing</quote>;</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id38D647BAD7874E28A3A622C793C9BC68"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Purposes</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 3 of the High-Performance Computing Act of 1991 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/5502">15 U.S.C. 5502</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id761F2E8B8C7B4A12AA32EE359DF6CA1E"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking <quote>high-performance computing</quote> and inserting <quote>networking and information technology</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7350569DF33C4A4092BEB01B80BAA8E4"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (1)—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id44552CBFE1D848F5A7C6991D4AAFF94C"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>expanding Federal support for research, development, and application of high-performance computing</quote> and inserting <quote>supporting Federal research, development, and application of networking and information technology</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC65D589D6F68456AADBE7E3014398783"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>high-performance computing</quote> both places it appears and inserting <quote>networking and information technology</quote>;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAC49C4F8BE154F3D90A3D56034097269"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking subparagraphs (C) and (D);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id47F4663239FE4D2C94E160AF91936379"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting after subparagraph (B) the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB8BE7DFA115C44E688D60B19C7F1D804" style="OLC"> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF4B54B3C1DE342108BFB47B0BE3D1C61"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">stimulate research on and promote more rapid development of high-end computing systems software and applications software;</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD45902901585495997F813030E8C9FE4"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating subparagraphs (E) through (H) as subparagraphs (D) through (G), respectively;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA6207D621EDE4A1A9F3AF6BE039B6667"><enum>(F)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (D), as redesignated, by inserting <quote>high-end</quote> after <quote>the development of</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA9AD209828674F3FAB861DEF53709873"><enum>(G)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraphs (E) and (F), as redesignated, by striking <quote>high-performance computing</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>networking and information technology</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id40556D3CB32D4D4B83EC7DABAFBAFC50"><enum>(H)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (G), as redesignated, by striking <quote>high-performance</quote> and inserting <quote>high-end</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id68DA84D3CFD04602B7C131BE426E7991"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (2)—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBB1308BE5D354E69A7E33A8B94B1ABC8"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>high-performance computing and</quote> and inserting <quote>networking and information technology and</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1002A7A708794193AB4363A0727D124B"><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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA8904F3DED1B42B19F817339F778A053"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Definitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 4 of the High-Performance Computing Act of 1991 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/5503">15 U.S.C. 5503</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id09D91D11CBF64297AF8DB3CEB8490BA2"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking paragraphs (3) and (5);</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2A1A0E1CB5AD4DAA80A5D1B0304DF995"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating paragraphs (1), (2), (4), (6), and (7) as paragraphs (2), (3), (5), (8), and (9), respectively;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDB44C122DF394CD7BEADEAA2A6AF79DB"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting before paragraph (2), as redesignated, the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8A5D5C1048CC490A98B330623F70C8F4" style="OLC"> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2C80BA6F466B4050923C175717C4ECEE"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"><quote>cyber-physical systems</quote> 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 enable safe and effective, real-time performance in safety-critical and other applications;</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB5716D916E2B4CF5AF92342ED5E3E311"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (3), as redesignated, by striking <quote>high-performance computing</quote> and inserting <quote>networking and information technology</quote>;</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF9D1B8C7ACF7467CA8AD48704A516CCD"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting after paragraph (3), as redesignated, the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCE81729827874C2FBF55B6289A442534" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE4DE25D2FD1C41D59E16FF5AF9290A2E"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"><quote>high-end computing</quote> means the most advanced and capable computing systems, including their hardware, storage, networking and software, encompassing both massive computational capability and large-scale data analytics to solve computational problems of national importance that are beyond the capability of small- to medium-scale systems, including computing formerly known as high-performance computing;</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id482D06A4F90C4B4A82D6855D6C47616D"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting after paragraph (5), as redesignated, the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id93CEB9F11ECD47DAB38A5FFF842CCA3C" style="OLC"> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB3F5C09655EB4D8DAE1D7A29D92C7976"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"><quote>networking and information technology</quote> means high-end computing, communications, and information technologies, high-capacity and high-speed networks, special purpose and experimental systems, high-end computing systems software and applications software, and the management of large data sets;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9E58F1D8CB6A4D529A37FD74BCAC0D7A"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"><quote>participating agency</quote> means an agency described in section 101(a)(3)(C);</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and </after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id152863A64C5D438E82AE8AEAB72DC19E"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (8), as 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><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id44B5DFEAB86049F1B191E5AFE1D5EA98"><enum>(e)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Title I heading</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The heading of title I of the High-Performance Computing Act of 1991 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/5511">15 U.S.C. 5511 et seq.</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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id067E1776300942FAA424A2E8D50E9C44"><enum>(f)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Networking and information technology research and development program</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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—</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idEFEE8B3CBBB8495EAE318D69520073B2"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the section heading, by striking <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="OLC">National High-Performance Computing Program</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="OLC">Networking and Information Technology Research and Development Program</header-in-text></quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id767D7C216BE3406EAB64791DE82DC0A4"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (a)—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9BA7BE3A736A41F28A3153C3C98940C1"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the subsection heading, by striking <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">National High-Performance Computing Program</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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE01F48A9519F4B5BB865BF97F86A7239"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (1)—</text> <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF480993FE54A415CAB826E1175224B47"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id796672838B3248FD99216FE0DF46F9FC"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>high-performance computing, including networking</quote> and inserting <quote>networking and information technology</quote>;</text> </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4DD000189B794B0A9A509F071056EDDD"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraphs (B) and (G), by striking <quote>high-performance</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>high-end</quote>;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7EF87237EDFD4045804F2061450DECF2"><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>;</text> </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id04CD818F23C94CFA99134DEAFC57D199"><enum>(v)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by amending subparagraph (D) to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idADE3CCFAEFA2419FAF01BC2351988414" style="OLC">
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id940C1AF5C5CF41D2B6674BC50EF655D8"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provide for efforts to increase software security and reliability;</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA2FF370C730E4BEE85559F3CAA25F6C3"><enum>(vi)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (H)—</text>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8A89BF2A47304A20AD4ABB20255339B0"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting <quote>support and guidance</quote> after <quote>provide</quote>; and</text> </subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id32B63E7EA9534A4C850262351CE2869C"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>and</quote> after the semicolon;</text>
</subclause></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3D509DBAC8434AFDBE6ED51DB066BF0E"><enum>(vii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (I)—</text> <subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7980EA23B0C6476D83A58830EE450B53"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>improving the security</quote> and inserting <quote>improving the security, reliability, and resilience</quote>; and</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1E5A9F36E3B84FC1B62A244DC277F1EC"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon; and</text> </subclause></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id52DB92A46ACF4DF4932236A7F1630812"><enum>(viii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6D06456D9264449BA578B4400BBB298F" style="OLC">
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2A9CC540F10846D18D86502357D73253"><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;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2A70C69C2B614F67940DD3ADBB6DD1BB"><enum>(K)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provide for research and development on human-computer interactions, visualization, and big data;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7EAF89EBEA4F4611B54FB052B7EAA2C5"><enum>(L)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provide for research and development on the enhancement of cybersecurity, including the human facets of cyber threats and secure cyber systems;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idEE699CDD52614F29ADC5607B499E2503"><enum>(M)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provide for the understanding of the science, engineering, policy, and privacy protection related to networking and information technology;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id24928BE187264A71B7A44CA5BAC25C28"><enum>(N)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provide for the transition of high-end computing hardware, system software, development tools, and applications into development and operations; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFAB78854BCEF4C95A009E1C2AC0245EF"><enum>(O)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">foster public-private collaboration among government, industry research laboratories, academia, and nonprofit organizations to maximize research and development efforts and the benefits of networking and information technology, including high-end computing.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2D8BD79937684610A3595789C0FC4D12"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (2)—</text> <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id89F09A63CC7D4BC3AFCF5610DCB59641"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by amending subparagraph (A) to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9E117048604A428896DCE73828DE2D97" style="OLC">
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA00A92BD76BE4BDDA652AED290E97769"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">establish the goals and priorities for Federal networking and information technology research, development, education, and other activities;</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id403CCBE0E15D457C989B176230D987F5"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by amending subparagraph (C) to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id594070EEDC0B43B4A17FC0CD4B017800" style="OLC"> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7E38DEA3B3F140CDA0146006952F8CDB"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provide for interagency coordination of Federal networking and information technology research, development, education, and other activities undertaken pursuant to the Program—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id684A08993D514757A717853CC92A082B"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">among the participating agencies; and</text> </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id32B423AF162045BAAE71532160C0178C"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to the extent practicable, with other Federal agencies not described in paragraph (3)(C), other Federal and private research laboratories, industry, research entities, institutions of higher education, relevant nonprofit organizations, and international partners of the United States;</text></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id51AFB44084DC46D5A9143D757D4FD010"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by amending subparagraph (E) to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id99ED88FB1E0549E1B6CA981584869FD7" style="OLC"> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE74DA4F905D54E3CBE93CFC107BAD34F"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 plans under subsection (e) are developed and executed effectively and that the objectives of the Program are met; and</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4621AEA7650F4F4EB850E13D3ABF9989"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (F), by striking <quote>high-performance</quote> and inserting <quote>high-end</quote>; and</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3012210018E5475188F543BDF7EAF11F"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (3)—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idEA3CD37E9D804D65886B0B6C8FDF5DE2"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating subparagraphs (B), (C), (D), and (E) as subparagraphs (C), (D), (E), and (G), respectively;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id34F428BA90454F39B50FE79C7E8AD243"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting after subparagraph (A) the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id37A272DA5B024FA7928C61465EFBBCCD" style="OLC"> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE2E7EA344990402D9964941CE44C491B"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provide a detailed description of the nature and scope of research infrastructure designated as such under the Program;</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2431E402AE764671AADBEC0D99779424"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (C), as redesignated—</text> <subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id97D5670023C04EFDA18D3D10363D4120"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by amending clause (i) to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id93D08DFDE12C49DDB9729B958104DF12" style="OLC">
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE6458F94356C4953911C8DE23DFA4CA8"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Department of Justice;</text></clause><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6485D9FB980D41BCA3F81FD0F1B57DA5"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating clauses (vii) through (xi) as clauses (viii) through (xii), respectively;</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id08931464AA7F4FE28578C41A245B7DFE"><enum>(III)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting after clause (vi) the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6540223F1FAB4656B5F394DD00F58EFE" style="OLC"> <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2C33085026764536931EF008F84837FE"><enum>(vii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Department of Homeland Security;</text></clause><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id507760E6496448579D53A20900F3A877"><enum>(IV)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by amending clause (viii), as redesignated, to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id526DB77E5E51449E8438D100219CDE82" style="OLC"> <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idEB38AD21276C4205A26D980128CF1D89"><enum>(viii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the National Archives and Records Administration;</text></clause><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subclause></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1B4825E0058F4F1FA782FA79F09B4CA2"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (D), as redesignated—</text> <subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id831E5175FA1C4CF0A8E56E320F54AC82"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>is submitted,</quote> and inserting <quote>is submitted, the levels for the previous fiscal year,</quote>; and</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2E623E87A61F4B9E8E21BA4F37A559A3"><enum>(II)</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 102;</quote>;</text> </subclause></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id74595D16BDB14CC8B5F7AEACD236AF79"><enum>(v)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by amending subparagraph (E), as redesignated, to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD7EDCDBB63D44098B4354E1C19E1B7FF" style="OLC">
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2633EE199ACD4DE88B87CCB33B6CB3B2"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">describe the levels of Federal funding for each participating agency, and for each Program Component Area, for the fiscal year during which such report is submitted, the levels for the previous fiscal year, and the levels proposed for the fiscal year with respect to which the budget submission applies;</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id808497ABAFBB420C91BFE4CABDD002B3"><enum>(vi)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting after subparagraph (E), as redesignated, the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB359CEC1A143464B8F5B303E7D360C88" style="OLC"> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5FE54206787542BDA7939A3843F2DB82"><enum>(F)</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 plans required under subsection (e); and</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idEE2B06D8EB64433E8595C79C1FC7DD71"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (b)—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idEEE54AF0038848DD82B9F9F68536555C"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (1), in the matter preceding subparagraph (A)—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB4A1034A0E074487A728A00BCC936B87"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>high-performance computing</quote> both places it appears and inserting <quote>networking and information technology</quote>; and</text> </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id74EEFDED30B240CFBC716EF2C420899E"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">after the first sentence, by inserting the following: <quote>Each chair of the advisory committee shall meet the qualifications of committee membership and may be a member of the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology.</quote>;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id86372C956E3A4064AA37B8CFBF15978B"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (1)(D), by striking <quote>high-performance computing, networking technology, and related software</quote> and inserting <quote>networking and information technology</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2F6077702E8545BDAD9D26352C64B239"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (2)—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0CE9F023876843F18918E969706BF7ED"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the second sentence, by striking <quote>2</quote> and inserting <quote>3</quote>;</text> </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id15D4616921224C919194FA9F6DDE4512"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>Committee on Science and Technology</quote> and inserting <quote>Committee on Science, Space, and Technology</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3916021FAD2A4A1DA1F71C4D61316817"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>The first report shall be due within 1 year after the date of enactment of the America COMPETES Act.</quote>;</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9D70AD0B2CB443328E1889105134CC39"><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>; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6F6717527D93456F828BFFD085FBDF6F"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id31C831088A0647DCBDBFBBAB2FC4DE52"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Periodic reviews</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The heads of the participating agencies, working through the National Science and Technology Council and the Program, shall—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCEB23D1F55534D2E9CEF225ACADE7B83"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">periodically assess and update, as appropriate, the structure of the Program, including the Program Component Areas and associated contents, scope, and funding levels, taking into consideration any relevant recommendations of the advisory committee established under subsection (b); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id48C0C36E37CF471CA4E1EDC740B800D1"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">ensure that such agency’s implementation of the Program includes foundational, large-scale, long-term, and interdisciplinary information technology research and development activities, including activities described in section 102.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id478911965F5243AEB3439C803F3C2BFA"><enum>(e)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Strategic plans</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idACC0EA4B91D84916ABE89228F5846F6B"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The heads of the participating agencies, working through the National Science and Technology Council and the Program, shall develop and implement strategic plans to guide—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0AE66A031EFE4B6DB9D50D40DF3D980C"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">emerging activities of Federal networking and information technology research and development; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2DBF97DD06E345E2980862129CAF8EA3"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the activities described in subsection (a)(1).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id769EC81F61B245AA98996E58FC64C29B"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Updates</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The heads of the participating agencies shall update the strategic plans as appropriate.</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA16278BF474343D38F02F63018563576"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Contents</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each strategic plan shall—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8D27A40504E04576A72E39CECDD1FBF7"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">specify near-term and long-term objectives for the portions of the Program relevant to the strategic plan, the anticipated schedule for achieving the near-term and long-term objectives, and the metrics to be used for assessing progress toward the near-term and long-term objectives;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE211E94A378A41DE9475A4D3D386F152"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">specify how the near-term and long-term objectives complement research and development areas in which academia and the private sector are actively engaged;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id50DE41492A13499397E54AE6E4356DD5"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">describe how the heads of the participating agencies will support mechanisms for foundational, large-scale, long-term, and interdisciplinary information technology research and development and for Grand Challenges, including through collaborations—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idED19EE64E57E43D097732E9B93978CA6"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">across Federal agencies;</text> </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2F89796D1B254181B0D71F9DE9F2DD8C"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">across Program Component Areas; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id94307B62867342249AD6904C9BFDB090"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">with industry, Federal and private research laboratories, research entities, institutions of higher education, relevant nonprofit organizations, and international partners of the United States;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB6E4924E26754F4D948D4ECB96282AF2"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">describe how the heads of the participating agencies will foster the rapid transfer of research and development results into new technologies and applications in the national interest, including through cooperation and collaborations with networking and information technology research, development, and technology transition initiatives supported by the States; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id286F5AAEEA494C16AB04413AC92C6D60"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">describe how the portions of the Program relevant to the strategic plan will address long-term challenges for which solutions require foundational, large-scale, long-term, and interdisciplinary information technology research and development.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD22C60DB2CEF4CBEBF2C337FF82FEDE8"><enum>(4)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Private sector efforts</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In developing, implementing, and updating strategic plans, the heads of the participating agencies, working through the National Science and Technology Council and the Program, shall coordinate with industry, academia, and other interested stakeholders to ensure, to the extent practicable, that the Federal networking and information technology research and development activities carried out under this section do not duplicate the efforts of the private sector.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7F469FBBBCB44E268134B46A6A965091"><enum>(5)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Recommendations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In developing and updating strategic plans, the heads of the participating agencies shall solicit recommendations and advice from—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDCC9DF13EAA54C8EA84F94D042EA35BC"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the advisory committee under subsection (b);</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAC32F577DD3740978122CF343CC70B1D"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Committee on Science and relevant subcommittees of the National Science and Technology Council; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id73A63AE52C354977AA2FB23FA949D971"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a wide range of stakeholders, including industry, academia, National Laboratories, and other relevant organizations and institutions.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6202DED04B234B4FA1348B991F340FD8"><enum>(f)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Reports</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The heads of the participating agencies, working through the National Science and Technology Council and the Program, shall submit 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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1ABCD8B526F74A54930D692C71F45344"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the strategic plans developed under subsection (e)(1); and</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE1BCDC59552341A68D61CC0A1FE30E09"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">each update under subsection (e)(2).</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5149F8384DF44000AE75F15D8E2AFD26"><enum>(g)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">National Research and Education Network</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 102 of the High-Performance Computing Act of 1991 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/5512">15 U.S.C. 5512</external-xref>) is repealed.</text> </subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF8631D06B50F466A9D13CABC5F9074DD"><enum>(h)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Next generation Internet</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 103 of the High-Performance Computing Act of 1991 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/5513">15 U.S.C. 5513</external-xref>) is repealed.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFFB1F777F53A4217906AED6A83176B3E"><enum>(i)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Grand challenges in areas of national importance</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Title I of the High-Performance Computing Act of 1991 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/5511">15 U.S.C. 5511 et seq.</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5744C0A7830A4FDD8ABE442A92EF1320" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>102.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Grand challenges in areas of national importance</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id41F4276AB8664595985489431F1C2051"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Program shall encourage the participating agencies to support foundational, large-scale, long-term, interdisciplinary, and interagency information technology research and development activities in networking and information technology directed toward agency mission 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 fundamental 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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id27FE4B5030BC4BB091770CA875C68E59"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Characteristics</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id08160E6BA0914096806891DFE7FD16A5"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Research and development activities under this section shall—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8BD100F5422247E584EC68F62F92B5E4"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">include projects selected on the basis of applications for support through a competitive, merit-based process;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id75737C609AAB4D70A238BA43FE542316"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to the extent practicable, 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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4F00928DC71A41EEBFB9E6562C164827"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to the extent practicable, leverage Federal investments through collaboration with related State and private sector initiatives; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id88EF070ADD89421D9832C588C89F7CEB"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF3D05E74FB364F219FED24D5D195A01F"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Cost-sharing</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In selecting applications for support, the agencies may give special consideration to projects that include cost sharing from non-Federal sources.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8EF9D4A8F5614EC5AE3A1F942687A21E"><enum>(j)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">National Science Foundation activities</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 201 of the High-Performance Computing Act of 1991 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/5521">15 U.S.C. 5521</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3B4CD7E674EB4FE4AF08E665F73E9FD1"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (a)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB32031910F4A42A9921796F2208883BA"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>(a) <header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">General Responsibilities.—</header-in-text></quote>;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8C12FC4F1CB04A1BA73DA69A2052495B"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (1)—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC97CEE00249A47B59B4BF1B16ED77541"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting <quote>high-end</quote> after <quote>National Science Foundation shall provide</quote>; and</text> </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7B339BCEF6C5436E974A79D8CDAE3E19"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>high-performance computing</quote> and all that follows through <quote>networking;</quote> and inserting <quote>networking and information technology; and</quote>;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0A9F88495F8146709082DEB945B20124"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking paragraphs (2) through (4); and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF593D8FBF6FF4CC0BB716E6FBFD41EDA"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting after paragraph (1) the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5E3BA6760E1047F793772FE12EACBA13" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8DA21AA8948C490189ACF294CD9A4A95"><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 individuals identified in sections 33 and 34 of the Science and Engineering Equal Opportunities Act (42 U.S.C. 1885a and 1885b).</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF158A02218DF4C9CAEB82E6475B1CBC1"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking subsection (b).</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF24CE208BB6749E1AD10776340224EB1"><enum>(k)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">National Aeronautics and Space Administration activities</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 202 of the High-Performance Computing Act of 1991 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/5522">15 U.S.C. 5522</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id627EF4F7E1A34474B76E4F4F8055461B"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>(a) <header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">General Responsibilities</header-in-text>.—</quote>;</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAA830F8916E747C0B75415865BFC1912"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>high-performance computing</quote> and inserting <quote>networking and information technology</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC3B53F0D10794B77A3BFF2D5244857D0"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking subsection (b).</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC647CD702BC34D129B498934530800CB"><enum>(l)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Department of Energy activities</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 203 of the High-Performance Computing Act of 1991 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/5523">15 U.S.C. 5523</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8877B09EAFE74B80BA21D8CA484BB48E"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>(a) <header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">General Responsibilities</header-in-text>.—</quote>;</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id77DCE750D9474B4CB51CF67FCAE62453"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (1), by striking <quote>high-performance computing and networking</quote> and inserting <quote>networking and information technology</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2A9CDBBFE7E64A87B2BBC91F838F8D9A"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (2)(A), by striking <quote>high-performance</quote> and inserting <quote>high-end</quote>; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE57BB9EC8B54474C8416872EAD5B35FB"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking subsection (b).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDB04BC2BC01B4C74A7A1F815AC8DD1F0"><enum>(m)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Department of Commerce activities</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 204 of the High-Performance Computing Act of 1991 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/5524">15 U.S.C. 5524</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8E5C90C1759F47AE87FABA84260B6331"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (a)(1)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAD5D4A2FB6484FB09EA3736240636F26"><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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE62777889B9E4635AD4DB92A35E5766F"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5DBBD2853C074370A2DF123B303BD248"><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>;</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAE9A189B3CED4CBB80A7F301F60B81A3"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (b)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA0F2AC34A86E4601AC67BFAA28E1211C"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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>;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2B0A934072BB47E99C1A67EF3F68BAF1"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>Pursuant to the Computer Security Act of 1987 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/100/235">Public Law 100–235</external-xref>; 101 Stat. 1724), the</quote> and inserting <quote>The</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id694EAB7871AA426D8C0C425A607188CC"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>sensitive information in Federal computer systems</quote> and inserting <quote>Federal agency information and information systems</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCD5E2A8DC44A4245838CA65ECCFBA815"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking subsections (c) and (d).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id617F43E228F94E7C81EEA693A13DCE87"><enum>(n)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Environmental Protection Agency activities</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 205 of the High-Performance Computing Act of 1991 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/5525">15 U.S.C. 5525</external-xref>) is repealed.</text> </subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9974D9042F814071BAAA7C8CCD038038"><enum>(o)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Role of the Department of Education</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 206 of the High-Performance Computing Act of 1991 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/5526">15 U.S.C. 5526</external-xref>) is repealed.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2AAB6EF50FA444BBA18F4DECC7528C67"><enum>(p)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Miscellaneous provisions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 207 of the High-Performance Computing Act of 1991 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/5527">15 U.S.C. 5527</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id430AC04FB4174EFF9882C645B51E9618"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (a)(2), by striking <quote>paragraphs (1) through (5) of section 2315(a) of title 10</quote> and inserting <quote>section 3552(b)(6)(A)(i) of title 44</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7E473403A65E4F20BAB85B64C96E71FD"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (b), by striking <quote>high-performance computing</quote> and inserting <quote>networking and information technology</quote>.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5448857592864CD18D0CC4C7F2D16AF3"><enum>(q)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Repeal</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 208 of the High-Performance Computing Act of 1991 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/5528">15 U.S.C. 5528</external-xref>) is repealed.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3DBBBEE530AE4F3DA12948F8F7754C93"><enum>(r)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">National Science Foundation research</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 4(b)(5)(K) of the Cyber Security Research and Development Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/7403">15 U.S.C. 7403(b)(5)(K)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>high-performance computing</quote> and inserting <quote>networking and information technology</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE69C9C4A7BA4456AA3433E9732C51294"><enum>(s)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">National Information Technology Research and Development Program</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 13202(b) of the America Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/17912">42 U.S.C. 17912(b)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>National High-Performance Computing Program</quote> and inserting <quote>Networking and Information Technology Research and Development Program</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF3518AB77A3C441C815A4BD684137921"><enum>(t)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Federal cybersecurity research and development</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 201(a)(4) of the Cybersecurity Enhancement Act of 2014 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/7431">15 U.S.C. 7431(a)(4)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC772BCCAD6424A4CBA4C25872BD111F8"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>clauses (i) through (x)</quote> and inserting <quote>clauses (i) through (xi)</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3BAF6FEBE62A425FB5C783E77F8A5EBE"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>under clause (xi)</quote> and inserting <quote>under clause (xii)</quote>.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC9DE5AA9BBBC4A0FB54F19079D855823"><enum>(u)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Additional repeal</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 4 of the Department of Energy High-End Computing Revitalization Act of 2004 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/5543">15 U.S.C. 5543</external-xref>) is repealed.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3efe34d8-ac4a-4e3f-8e6c-43e52650071c" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>106.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Physical sciences coordination</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB5A1010761D243DAB5013391F1AFDF2A"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">High-energy physics</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id653da71b-51ae-4b7c-87aa-ec3d964f42bd"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Physical Science Subcommittee of the National Science and Technology Council (referred to in this section as <quote>Subcommittee</quote>) shall continue to coordinate Federal efforts related to high-energy physics research to maximize the efficiency and effectiveness of United States investment in high-energy physics.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idfb5a763c-130a-41cc-b913-311801dd7906"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Purposes</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The purposes of the Subcommittee include—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id976ce407-7c48-4d6a-980b-6ddbb45d212b"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to advise and assist the Committee on Science and the National Science and Technology Council on United States policies, procedures, and plans in the physical sciences, including high-energy physics; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ided63acea-21fa-406e-8461-b751ed4af35e"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to identify emerging opportunities, stimulate international cooperation, and foster the development of the physical sciences in the United States, including—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb5534cd5-1f92-42ca-aed5-1a3d150c36a1"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in high-energy physics research, including related underground science and engineering research;</text> </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4c123ac1-b16f-43ee-adea-1d4a7368aa73"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in physical infrastructure and facilities;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6d3023f1-8eb7-404a-82aa-80dffc697094"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in information and analysis; and</text> </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id315821db-322b-427e-9b34-b992327d85ab"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in coordination activities.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idae180d2f-f3cc-45f6-99f0-189989e9a6f0"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Responsibilities</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In regard to coordinating Federal efforts related to high-energy physics research, the Subcommittee shall, taking into account the findings and recommendations of relevant advisory committees—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4a6dd604-7785-4139-aad5-a0bc0f9d381f"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provide recommendations on planning for construction and stewardship of large facilities participating in high-energy physics;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id90ce1361-ce3d-4891-aab7-a4162ac58d48"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provide recommendations on research coordination and collaboration among the programs and activities of Federal agencies related to underground science, neutrino research, dark energy, and dark matter research;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide6626483-5cc1-4daa-8991-9175591f9857"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">establish goals and priorities for high-energy physics, related underground science, and research and development that will strengthen United States competitiveness in high-energy physics;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id99937087-ac39-4463-a0bc-6cca25c85ee1"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">propose methods for engagement with international, Federal, and State agencies and Federal laboratories not represented on the National Science and Technology Council to identify and reduce regulatory, logistical, and fiscal barriers that inhibit United States leadership in high-energy physics and related underground science; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id69f2422a-a889-414e-8b75-d9c0228d298c"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">develop, and update as necessary, a strategic plan to guide Federal programs and activities in support of high-energy physics research, including—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7b178266-6870-44ff-bb52-e7a1319a23b9"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the efforts taken in support of paragraph (2) since the last strategic plan;</text> </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3423b6d4-2c88-46b1-954b-ee51067eb2a1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an evaluation of the current research needs for maintaining United States leadership in high-energy physics; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf295ede6-4035-4e08-9575-d3118329b3c1"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an identification of future priorities in the area of high-energy physics.</text> </clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id155942AD6CC04899B9FBBEA535FCC952"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Radiation biology</header> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9e0b3813e92d4465a005f81fd3c58987"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Subcommittee shall continue to coordinate Federal efforts related to radiation biology research to maximize the efficiency and effectiveness of United States investment in radiation biology.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1775dd6e559f423f958b3648a189eb5b"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Responsibilities for radiation biology</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In regard to coordinating Federal efforts related to radiation biology research, the Subcommittee shall—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4ea3973d57824b2eaff1ff03ede10d8d"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">advise and assist the National Science and Technology Council on policies and initiatives in radiation biology, including enhancing scientific knowledge of the effects of low dose radiation on biological systems to improve radiation risk management methods;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id457a52a44cf245398ed550b82899dc6a"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">identify opportunities to stimulate international cooperation and leverage research and knowledge from sources outside of the United States;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id04d49bae85ee4abdac83edc81e8a427f"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">ensure coordination between the Department of Energy Office of Science, Foundation, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, National Institutes of Health, Environmental Protection Agency, Department of Defense, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, and Department of Homeland Security;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3fe8140b8aca40d5bb7ab0581ff95d4d"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">identify ongoing scientific challenges for understanding the long-term effects of ionizing radiation on biological systems; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf418c4afcdbe4984bc1fd66cf411699d"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">formulate overall scientific goals for the future of low-dose radiation research in the United States.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="iddf0d41d5263f48f382459c6c772c61bb"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Fusion energy sciences</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6ee1264532b34827b98d8bb5eb6102f4"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Subcommittee shall continue to coordinate Federal efforts related to fusion energy research to maximize the efficiency and effectiveness of United States investment in fusion energy sciences.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id87b742fadcee4d4696fe049d527c48ed"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Responsibilities for fusion energy sciences</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In regard to coordinating Federal efforts related to fusion energy sciences, the Subcommittee shall—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6d072bcb22544f548b4f04db1937535c"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">advise and assist the National Science and Technology Council on policies and initiatives in fusion energy sciences, including enhancing scientific knowledge of fusion energy science, plasma physics, and related materials sciences;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9714256ce4944d3db7f51d15d085790e"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">identify opportunities to stimulate international cooperation and leverage research and knowledge from sources outside of the United States, including the ITER project;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5266b3f2e811468180a25887ac40cd47"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">ensure coordination between the Department of Energy Office of Science, National Nuclear Security Administration, Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Foundation, and Department of Defense regarding fusion energy sciences and plasma physics; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="iddfbea29dce4642b7997e87dd5d105910"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">formulate overall scientific goals for the future of fusion energy sciences and plasma physics.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ided6b3af0-9fb2-4420-bb09-9a35f9391b52" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>107.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Laboratory program improvements</header> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf6aaa9b5-6030-4656-9b8d-aed973856487"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Director of NIST, acting through the Associate Director for Laboratory Programs, shall develop and implement a comprehensive strategic plan for laboratory programs that expands—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id25bdea2c-3364-4ee6-b894-79939b1c14dd"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">interactions with academia, international researchers, and industry; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9b5b835d-df46-4382-8bca-8cf004a7fb26"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">commercial and industrial applications.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida20066a2-1dfe-4e54-86d2-3656ccc504fc"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Optimizing commercial and industrial applications</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In accordance with the purpose under section 1(b)(3) of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/271">15 U.S.C. 271(b)(3)</external-xref>), the comprehensive strategic plan shall—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id550efb88-14e8-46a5-8cb7-f673d83892a2"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">include performance metrics for the dissemination of fundamental research results, measurements, and standards research results to industry, including manufacturing, and other interested parties;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5204aa88-a631-4955-9b05-6b58fe55971f"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">document any positive benefits of research on the competitiveness of the interested parties described in paragraph (1);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idaae561f1-d2f9-4414-b296-07a94e02e641"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">clarify the current approach to the technology transfer activities of NIST; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD71B926A746C47C79FB71CC4135EC0B4"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">consider recommendations from the National Academy of Sciences.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2f8b53dc-ee88-4bfa-aceb-2b952753dae5" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>108.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Standard Reference Data Act update</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 2 of the Standard Reference Data Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/290a">15 U.S.C. 290a</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7190576e-ef3a-412f-80dd-daae08f2953e" style="OLC"> <section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd149883b-82e6-4eb5-9b19-dc4b2313b44b" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>2.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For the purposes of this Act:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf987e347-7fe2-40ff-85b7-84a97e7d0baf"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Standard reference data</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>standard reference data</term> means data that is—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2e237a2c-d0a6-42aa-959e-800b31aa1bb9"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">either—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id614a31cb-7107-4548-8539-0b0cd624c845"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">quantitative information related to a measurable physical, or chemical, or biological property of a substance or system of substances of known composition and structure;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id605afaba-ec43-47cd-a4a8-7fef4b892553"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">measurable characteristics of a physical artifact or artifacts;</text> </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf447f2d1-0a46-4aad-bd3e-b4d676eca5db"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">engineering properties or performance characteristics of a system; or</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id30825107-eb86-483b-9f8c-8f705bef19f9"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">1 or more digital data objects that serve—</text> <subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1d74d6ae-5ae0-4423-99ee-9d429ef77744"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to calibrate or characterize the performance of a detection or measurement system; or</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id825ceb98-c211-4ea3-9416-87572b567725"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to interpolate or extrapolate, or both, data described in subparagraph (A) through (C); and</text> </subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id71f1cd10-144d-40a8-b9ea-3ac3fb7746b9"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">that is critically evaluated as to its reliability under section 3 of this Act.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4960eda8-d2c7-4165-8194-f40412e9c17b"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Secretary</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>Secretary</term> means the Secretary of Commerce.</text></paragraph></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida4f387bb-e831-4cd3-83ec-554b0a7081b7" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>109.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">NSF mid-scale project investments</header> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id39553a64-aad1-455a-a962-690bc6ef13f5"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Findings</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Congress makes the following findings:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc6187068-f137-432e-ae97-6580faa82c5f"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Foundation funds major research facilities, infrastructure, and instrumentation that provide unique capabilities at the frontiers of science and engineering.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida088cd20-c554-4cfd-bced-458bfc5a6e50"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Modern and effective research facilities, infrastructure, and instrumentation are critical to maintaining United States leadership in science and engineering.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd707a2bc-5372-4a97-bbdc-dbd437406884"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The costs of some proposed research instrumentation, equipment, and upgrades to major research facilities fall between programs currently funded by the Foundation, creating a gap between the established parameters of the Major Research Instrumentation and Major Research Equipment and Facilities Construction programs, including projects that have been identified as cost-effective additions of high priority to the advancement of scientific understanding.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf83c6d6b-44bd-47bc-932b-23283004e970"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The 2010 Astronomy and Astrophysics Decadal Survey recommended a mid-scale innovations program.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb722adb4-1dbf-4a59-a518-1d3fbbe96cc0"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Mid-scale projects</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id191cd054-0e58-4b0d-bb68-51a03a82feb7"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Foundation shall evaluate the existing and future needs, across all disciplines supported by the Foundation, for mid-scale projects.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc84940cf-12f2-4913-ab79-52add8ee3964"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Strategy</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Director of the Foundation shall develop a strategy to address the needs identified in paragraph (1).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5bba6efa-6ca4-44f6-936f-4ad4b0b3b51f"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Briefing</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Director of the Foundation shall provide a briefing to the appropriate committees of Congress on the evaluation under paragraph (1) and the strategy under paragraph (2).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id02cdd067-9fa6-4fce-b140-d35090f8d552"><enum>(4)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Definition of mid-scale projects</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this subsection, the term <term>mid-scale projects</term> means research instrumentation, equipment, and upgrades to major research facilities or other research infrastructure investments that exceed the maximum award funded by the major research instrumentation program and are below the minimum award funded by the major research equipment and facilities construction program as described in section 507 of the AMERICA Competes Reauthorization Act of 2010 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/111/358">Public Law 111–358</external-xref>; 124 Stat. 4008).</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7563b97f-7628-411a-aa7b-103add92f877" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>110.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Oversight of NSF major multi-user research facility projects</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb3001a24-85a1-4e31-b795-4a13d3929df6"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Facilities oversight</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ided8f0964-2822-46e5-9e80-599fe9c63ca8"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Director of the Foundation shall strengthen oversight and accountability over the full life-cycle of each major multi-user research facility project, including planning, development, procurement, construction, operations, and support, and shut-down of the facility, in order to maximize research investment.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4622cbca-8a7c-4755-92d5-5a93c42bc3c5"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Requirements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In carrying out paragraph (1), the Director shall—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idda89e5f9-87fe-4a29-ab93-f3df96a09264"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">prioritize the scientific outcomes of a major multi-user research facility project and the internal management and financial oversight of the major multi-user research facility project;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idfcbdcb4a-6f59-475e-a421-6b0e1845d0c7"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">clarify the roles and responsibilities of all organizations, including offices, panels, committees, and directorates, involved in supporting a major multi-user research facility project, including the role of the Major Research Equipment and Facilities Construction Panel;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6fd9f3bc-cd8d-4a88-b11c-33c7116b7443"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">establish policies and procedures for the planning, management, and oversight of a major multi-user research facility project at each phase of the life-cycle of the major multi-user research facility project;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2db30422-7c17-44f4-b10e-ce259eee71f8"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">ensure that policies for estimating and managing costs and schedules are consistent with the best practices described in the Government Accountability Office Cost Estimating and Assessment Guide, the Government Accountability Office Schedule Assessment Guide, and the Office of Management and Budget Uniform Guidance (2 C.F.R. Part 200);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7b835cab-be03-4624-b371-83743ea41590"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">establish the appropriate project management and financial management expertise required for Foundation staff to oversee each major multi-user research facility project effectively, including by improving project management training and certification;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idde3f53e8-ee2c-4ad1-aabf-c76b3d2ce947"><enum>(F)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">coordinate the sharing of the best management practices and lessons learned from each major multi-user research facility project;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5fa85c51e3e74ac8af7aebc3b5e78037"><enum>(G)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">continue to maintain a Large Facilities Office to support the research directorates in the development, implementation, and oversight of each major multi-user research facility project, including by—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idcca67568733b439393fbd02aa7119e4f"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">serving as the Foundation’s primary resource for all policy or process issues related to the development, implementation, and oversight of a major multi-user research facility project;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd41516dd4f5441b3b41985cf6d0a2547"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">serving as a Foundation-wide resource on project management, including providing expert assistance on nonscientific and nontechnical aspects of project planning, budgeting, implementation, management, and oversight;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id14ee1433d13b479a9ab74e0351939dde"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">coordinating and collaborating with research directorates to share best management practices and lessons learned from prior major multi-user research facility projects; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf67b7741b78541889e8d7f3bd40e4891"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">assessing each major multi-user research facility project for cost and schedule risk; and</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idbff915253caa4d2295df693765b0c0bf"><enum>(H)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">appoint a senior agency official whose responsibility is oversight of the development, construction, and operations of major multi-user research facilities across the Foundation.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id58826b29-0f6d-4741-8ccd-52e0eec805fd"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Facilities full life-cycle costs</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8af17f31-a72a-4662-a0c7-2a25ae968f05"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subject to subsection (c)(1), the Director of the Foundation shall require that any pre-award analysis of a major multi-user research facility project includes the development and consideration of the full life-cycle cost (as defined in section 2 of the National Science Foundation Authorization Act of 1998 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1862k">42 U.S.C. 1862k</external-xref> note)) in accordance with section 14 of the National Science Foundation Authorization Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1862n-4">42 U.S.C. 1862n–4</external-xref>).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idfe93870d-c722-49bd-bc3b-cfda07c12ac9"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Implementation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Based on the pre-award analysis described in paragraph (1), the Director of the Foundation shall include projected operational costs within the Foundation's out-years as part of the President's annual budget submission to Congress under section 1105 of title 31, United States Code.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5ba26dfd-eeda-44b2-b8a0-e8ae363c2528"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Cost oversight</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd143861c-0584-4959-890d-07979fa75505"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Pre-award analysis</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id80d72d09-2712-4d89-b4a0-15261e115eda"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Director of the Foundation and the National Science Board may not approve or execute any agreement to start construction on any proposed major multi-user research facility project unless—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8267cf15-e047-4ad1-b933-0d4db2c208b4"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an external analysis of the proposed budget has been conducted to ensure the proposal is complete and reasonable;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd939a22c-64e1-4848-a35c-174aa9bbfe6f"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the analysis under clause (i) follows the Government Accountability Office Cost Estimating and Assessment Guide;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idbcd03988-954a-4375-8fc3-abbddedaf85c"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">except as provided under subparagraph (C), an analysis of the accounting systems has been conducted;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id744fcc4d-9d48-4397-890e-3f64090f7adf"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an independent cost estimate of the construction of the project has been conducted using the same detailed technical information as the project proposal estimate to determine whether the estimate is well-supported and realistic; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id161ed214-ac2f-419c-8d7e-c4d981c751d9"><enum>(v)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Foundation and the National Science Board have considered the analyses under clauses (i) and (iii) and the independent cost estimate under clause (iv) and resolved any major issues identified therein.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id94ec4ef7-7f7a-4068-aa36-c762d323f995"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Audits</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An external analysis under subparagraph (A)(i) may include an audit.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf750bcaf-61de-43a4-a597-5cf532314734"><enum>(C)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Exception</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Director of the Foundation, at the Director's discretion, may waive the requirement under subparagraph (A)(iii) if a similar analysis of the accounting systems was conducted in the prior years.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8d7a092f-4841-4342-974d-61a17b984b50"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Construction oversight</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Director of the Foundation shall require for each major multi-user research facility project—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idce2d27a2-9062-4e4e-940a-007bcfb395ed"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">periodic external reviews on project management and performance;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida54693da-8378-4360-a20e-04d5d7af7be4"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">adequate internal controls, policies, and procedures, and reliable accounting systems in preparation for the incurred cost audits under subparagraph (D);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1a25c2ed-1afd-4898-aed3-2e703d1ed72c"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">annual incurred cost submissions of financial expenditures; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id89e8ed31-10e2-4e3d-94a8-e6daf9530420"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an incurred cost audit of the major multi-user research facility project in accordance with Government Accountability Office Government Auditing Standards—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id80cec2ad-53de-4487-b300-b9bf89caa5ca"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">at least once during construction at a time determined based on risk analysis and length of the award, except that the length of time between audits may not exceed 3 years; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idbb9589a0-87a9-4f62-bb2e-4fde9fb7f013"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">at the completion of the construction phase.</text> </clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0a666997-3025-4702-a69e-6823503caf36"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Operations cost analysis</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Director of the Foundation shall require an independent cost analysis of the operational proposal for each major multi-user research facility project.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0d764679-ec28-4b41-b09d-480a254e42e7"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Contingency</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1f88e21e-d23f-4973-b447-c6635f024ecd"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Director of the Foundation shall strengthen internal controls to improve oversight of contingency on a major multi-user research facility project.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idcec84aea-865d-4a9c-8c85-356b7d3c62c1"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Requirements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In carrying out paragraph (1), the Director of the Foundation shall—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id02481deeacb24cfbb8871f7c62201f7a"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">only include contingency amounts in an award in accordance with section 200.433 of title 2, Code of Federal Regulations (relating to contingency provisions), or any successor regulation;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3773697a411940f5b20fefcd7f069f30"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">retain control over funds budgeted for contingency, except that the Director may disburse budgeted contingency funds incrementally to the awardee to ensure project stability and continuity;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id420307b294c34e8a8579d34a9ffbaa5c"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">track contingency use; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id857ae2b80a1840e6917707be0f09dab2"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">ensure that contingency amounts allocated to the performance baseline are reasonable and allowable.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFBAE5DD4DF7542D7905C13314F7B01D6"><enum>(e)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Use of fees</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id944e69d8ba064857ac2b6c19d8a1e91e"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Sense of Congress</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">It is the sense of Congress that—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB1A44111A629407F88DB88C4955C5FF1"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the use of taxpayer-funded award fees should be transparent and explicable; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5BD863342A4D4B109E18E1DD95481D03"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Foundation should implement an award fee policy that ensures more transparency and accountability in the funding of necessary and appropriate expenses directly related to the construction and operation of major multi-user research facilities.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd571784180084ab0bf4d9d4bb50e59bc"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Reporting and recordkeeping</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Director of the Foundation shall establish guidelines for awardees regarding inappropriate expenditures associated with all fee types used in cooperative agreements, including for alcoholic beverages, lobbying, meals or entertainment for non-business purposes, non-business travel, and any other purpose the Director determines is inappropriate.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idce836144-b20c-4c9e-b8e0-b339a14e8cfb"><enum>(f)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Oversight implementation progress</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Director of the Foundation shall—</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id72653d87-7e6e-4e24-9736-f39cda96322a"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, and periodically thereafter until the completion date, provide a briefing to the appropriate committees of Congress on the response to or progress made toward implementation of—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida3f38e62-6655-4cc1-87cf-840b71141c51"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">this section;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf7373b77-e896-4f44-b2b5-434c51691aaf"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">all of the issues and recommendations identified in cooperative agreement audit reports and memoranda issued by the Inspector General of the Foundation in the last 5 years; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5dbf8119-b3fd-4ace-8432-30e800f19dda"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">all of the issues and recommendations identified by a panel of the National Academy of Public Administration in the December 2015 report entitled <quote>National Science Foundation: Use of Cooperative Agreements to Support Large Scale Investment in Research</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id70076f48-d5d7-43ef-8e05-0a402ddd8ba9"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, notify the appropriate committees of Congress when the Foundation has implemented the recommendations identified in a panel of the National Academy of Public Administration report issued December 2015.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc4782b54-d4dc-4b84-9483-b5a65b5294c9"><enum>(g)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Definitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section:</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6888cb45-ddd3-47d1-92ab-acb29b317045"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Appropriate committees of Congress</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>appropriate committees of Congress</term> means the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate and the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id51b313b4-d14f-486f-a674-89c06d4b755d"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Major multi-user research facility project</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <quote><term>major multi-user research facility project</term></quote> means a science and engineering facility project that—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0C2FE223C4A04E1B9FB7D0D4C12F856A"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">exceeds the lesser of—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAC97FEDE4A42405DA6C525D329D3F6EA"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">10 percent of a Directorate's annual budget; or</text> </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2427FD34CEE846838070D221D18F85AC"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$100,000,000 in total project costs; or</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idECCE082CF2644D04BF20A3F612B42AC3"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is funded by the major research equipment and facilities construction account, or any successor account.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id98bfbb10-3ab4-471d-b86e-0b5d550e65ff" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>111.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Personnel oversight</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id31262F12B6034A079E54344B74FAF496"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Conflicts of interest</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Director of the Foundation shall update the policy and procedure of the Foundation relating to conflicts of interest to improve documentation and management of any known conflict of interest of an individual on temporary assignment at the Foundation, including an individual on assignment under the Intergovernmental Personnel Act of 1970 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/4701">42 U.S.C. 4701 et seq.</external-xref>).</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAE44902E3B4F482098B24A93D06E884D"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Justifications</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Deputy Director of the Foundation shall submit annually to the appropriate committees of Congress written justification for each rotator employed under the Intergovernmental Personnel Act of 1970 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/4701">42 U.S.C. 4701 et seq.</external-xref>), or other rotator employed, by the Foundation that year that is paid at a rate that exceeds the maximum rate of pay for the Senior Executive Service, including, if applicable, the level of adjustment for the certified Senior Executive Service Performance Appraisal System.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1785d4b1d2e04ab98e5a34b98c8bcd11"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Director of the Foundation shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report on the Foundation's efforts to control costs associated with employing rotators, including the results of and participation in the Foundation’s cost-sharing pilot program and the Foundation's progress in responding to the findings and implementing the recommendations of the Office of Inspector General of the Foundation related to the employment of rotators.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id81e834ea-2f36-41f1-8071-4919c2743479" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>112.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Management of the U.S. Antarctic Program</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id38739dcf-b54e-4f6e-9999-74896c12a5c8"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Review</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7602e7ed-ce25-4996-aca5-e53fc2d02675"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Director of the Foundation shall continue to review the efforts by the Foundation to sustain and strengthen scientific efforts in the face of logistical challenges for the United States Antarctic Program.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id300ff3bf-3d15-4434-a595-b21a05eed6bf"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Issues to be examined</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In conducting the review, the Director shall examine, at a minimum, the following:</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf5870ac5-c2e0-4c4d-b557-733fab1466f0"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Implementation by the Foundation of issues and recommendations identified by—</text> <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id92fc185d-38b1-4e8c-8b3d-f501a9b3db4f"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Inspector General of the National Science Foundation in audit reports and memoranda on the United States Antarctic Program in the last 4 years;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd133f32f-71b4-4e50-9655-1c1e3e25c8ca"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the U.S. Antarctic Program Blue Ribbon Panel report, More and Better Science in Antarctica through Increased Logistical Effectiveness, issued July 23, 2012; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc1e0bd93-3525-4b08-a812-be4678debe3a"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the National Research Council report, Future Science Opportunities in Antarctica and the Southern Ocean, issued September 2011.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id612e4e4d-2b10-4be3-a750-a23dc4ab821b"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Efforts by the Foundation to track its progress in addressing the issues and recommendations under subparagraph (A).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id41adefb5-1eab-48c9-bb20-78ed8360cc48"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Efforts by the Foundation to address other opportunities and challenges, including efforts on scientific research, coordination with other Federal agencies and international partners, logistics and transportation, health and safety of participants, oversight and financial management of awardees and contractors, and resources and policy challenges.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide8ffa10f-94e2-4878-a78f-5d1b19c545e5"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Briefing</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Director shall brief the appropriate committees of Congress on the ongoing review, including findings and any recommendations.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idae22316c-8ffe-4da8-a03e-0900244161f1" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>113.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">NIST campus security</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idfaa53060-b092-40ed-911c-fd876d19989a"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Supervisory authority</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Department of Commerce Office of Security shall directly manage the law enforcement and site security programs of NIST through an assigned Director of Security for NIST without increasing the number of full-time equivalent employees of the Department of Commerce, including NIST.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id49db9f69-1da5-49c7-8aec-897966a2407d"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Reports</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Director of Security for NIST shall provide an activities and security report on a quarterly basis for the first year after the date of enactment of this Act, and on an annual basis thereafter, to the Under Secretary for Standards and Technology and the appropriate committees of Congress.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCE5F04A945F0422E9EA80E4ECE96DE52" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>114.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline"> Coordination of sustainable chemistry research and development</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idcc114b92d14a4bac8efe7878a6f4bfea"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Importance of sustainable chemistry</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">It is the sense of Congress that—</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida9c97ed938d6419f8e9d72e697ec76e9"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the science of chemistry is vital to improving the quality of human life and plays an important role in addressing critical global challenges, including water quality, energy, health care, and agriculture;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb91221c0ff9e4c99b9ce34ef7326c70e"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">sustainable chemistry can reduce risks to human health and the environment, reduce waste, improve pollution prevention, promote safe and efficient manufacturing, and promote efficient use of resources in developing new materials, processes, and technologies that support viable long-term solutions to a significant number of challenges;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8f1f49ab97174369adca8a3d37e0acfb"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">sustainable chemistry can stimulate innovation, encourage new and creative approaches to problems, create jobs, and save money; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id02891ae3270945198467b0588d252544"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a coordinated effort on sustainable chemistry will allow for a greater return on research investment in this area.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idcb5b50c403ea44a79ad9995c4af212b6"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Sustainable chemistry basic research</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subject to the availability of appropriated funds, the Director of the Foundation may continue to carry out the Sustainable Chemistry Basic Research program authorized under section 509 of the National Science Foundation Authorization Act of 2010 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1862p-3">42 U.S.C. 1862p–3</external-xref>).</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idfd9ef7c05b594aa0af5bb24447f81a13" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>115.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Misrepresentation of research results</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd3db4d4263c64b5da02c9bb70ae481cf"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Prohibition</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Director of the Foundation may revise the regulations under part 689 of title 45, Code of Federal Regulations (relating to research misconduct) to ensure that the findings and conclusions of any article authored by a principal investigator, using the results of research conducted under a Foundation grant, that is published in a peer-reviewed publication, made publicly available, or incorporated in an application for a research grant or grant extension from the Foundation, does not contain any falsification, fabrication, or plagiarism.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idbd7d506acfe24190815cb6743999b00d"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Interagency communication</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Upon a finding that research misconduct has occurred, the Foundation shall, in addition to any possible final action under section 689.3 of title 45, Code of Federal Regulations, notify other Federal science agencies of the finding.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id17854f5e47494be28f7aa5dcb7b776ae" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>116.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Research reproducibility and replication</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id997ce04dbee84386ac5971e73904d994"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Sense of congress</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">It is the sense of Congress that—</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7b3887187efa4922a3ac994c83f93d38"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the gold standard of good science is the ability of a researcher or research laboratory to reproduce a published research finding, including methods;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb3c759edb6fe4fbb9df690c6b1a191ff"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">there is growing concern that some published research findings cannot be reproduced or replicated, which can negatively affect the public’s trust in science;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide6055bb716174b48878b637f15a05262"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">there are a complex set of factors affecting reproducibility and replication; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6acabd1604f04761b98d64e1857e9258"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the increasing interdisciplinary nature and complexity of scientific research may be a contributing factor to issues with research reproducibility and replication.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3e3a75f12cb54d20a381c27f3b6b4f38"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Report</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id06B9CB9F07E64860968C5456C13E5157"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 45 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Director of the Foundation shall enter into an agreement with the National Research Council—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idbdea2d3c907246c68765434c99248bfa"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to assess research and data reproducibility and replicability issues in interdisciplinary research;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id25c554ff4562411bb6ee4afd29e9be2b"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to make recommendations for improving rigor and transparency in scientific research; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFF6BDA1762E14E4585D780AEDCD06FA4"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to submit to the Director of the Foundation a report on the assessment, including its findings and recommendations, not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5de5c7d7f14c4f5090d242ab258fc911"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Submission to Congress</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 60 days after the date the Director of the Foundation receives the report under paragraph (1)(C), the Director shall submit the report to the appropriate committees of Congress, including a response from the Director of the Foundation and the Chair of the National Science Board as to whether they agree with each of the findings and recommendations in the report.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf8a1bb0185924131a23ea8b170cb70ac" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>117.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies Initiative</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id43D88149C1A24C87B636AD1F6AB79F0B"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Foundation shall support research activities related to the interagency Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies Initiative.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC07EE8D4E1474F9186E27F889FDA24B9"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Sense of Congress</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">It is the sense of Congress that the Foundation should work in conjunction with the Interagency Working Group on Neuroscience established by the National Science and Technology Council, Committee on Science to determine how to use the data infrastructure of the Foundation and other applicable Federal science agencies to help neuroscientists collect, standardize, manage, and analyze the large amounts of data that result from research attempting to understand how the brain functions.</text>
</subsection></section><enum>II</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Administrative and regulatory burden reduction</header>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb946eea4-3bac-4c02-beab-a49f3fa11225" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>201.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Interagency working group on research regulation</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8ED8249588BE4BAA9A5DC297DCA9D09D"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Short title</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">This section may be cited as the <quote><short-title>Research and Development Efficiency Act</short-title></quote>.</text> </subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd711e13e-388a-4451-a90e-3b1e8f2f46d1"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Findings</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Congress makes the following findings:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idae217fa2-f67f-408a-99a4-8b905174c75d"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Scientific and technological advancement have been the largest drivers of economic growth in the last 50 years, with the Federal Government being the largest investor in basic research.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id38c8c78515fa41edb79d2e677c317819"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Substantial and increasing administrative burdens and costs in Federal research administration, particularly in the higher education sector where most federally funded research is performed, are eroding funds available to carry out basic scientific research.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6d46c2ed-757a-404f-8c0c-afd05ab36c75"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Federally funded grants are increasingly competitive, with the Foundation funding only approximately 1 in every 5 grant proposals.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3512f2ab309e4a08ac62a93e46a0a99f"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Progress has been made over the last decade in streamlining the pre-award grant application process through the Federal Government's Grants.gov website.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9f1eca4e900b48f0b676b2454aea86c1"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Post-award administrative costs have increased as Federal research agencies have continued to impose agency-unique compliance and reporting requirements on researchers and research institutions.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd49b183e-7828-413c-bf49-e4a863da991e"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Researchers spend as much as 42 percent of their time complying with Federal regulations, including administrative tasks such as applying for grants or meeting reporting requirements.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1f50dbff-a8b8-4373-baa0-dcc8f6bd1a7c"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Sense of Congress</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">It is the sense of Congress that—</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id24D2D885545D4FDAA9B1BEBC9E55AF03"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">administrative burdens faced by researchers may be reducing the return on investment of federally funded research and development; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDB0CE4FD9DF44497BA2083D511E27105"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">it is a matter of critical importance to United States competitiveness that administrative costs of federally funded research be streamlined so that a higher proportion of federal funding is applied to direct research activities.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide0d267d3-053f-4726-92e9-85c3a0e080f7"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Establishment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Director of the Office of Management and Budget, in coordination with the Office of Science and Technology Policy, shall establish an interagency working group (referred to in this section as the <quote>Working Group</quote>) for the purpose of reducing administrative burdens on federally funded researchers while protecting the public interest through the transparency of and accountability for federally funded activities.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3b1fec4e-6f51-416d-83fb-6dc8b79f0b89"><enum>(e)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Responsibilities</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida0c7115e-8db6-420a-9100-5c58200b9bd0"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Working Group shall—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc6329df2-6442-4d4f-a106-cd1ddaf8e5dc"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">regularly review relevant, administration-related regulations imposed on federally funded researchers;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6f30433e-b84e-419a-8d14-c84d468d7bd3"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">recommend those regulations or processes that may be eliminated, streamlined, or otherwise improved for the purpose described in subsection (d);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6d295169e662470ab2f094f8cb70b40d"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">recommend ways to minimize the regulatory burden on United States institutions of higher education performing federally funded research while maintaining accountability for federal funding; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id16f8f264bc724d35944ce41a787e888b"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">recommend ways to identify and update specific regulations to refocus on performance-based goals rather than on process while achieving the outcome described in subparagraph (C).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7517fc65-fbbe-4538-b1c9-150ab3d2089b"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Grant review</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7ee18a10-7cdc-40ad-afa6-7e75cdb6ccea"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Working Group shall—</text> <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id98426ba7-705f-406e-933f-61ae9d37049b"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">conduct a comprehensive review of Federal science agency grant proposal documents; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id899c4f23-f12a-40fd-bf5d-6e5a1caee121"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">develop, to the extent practicable, a simplified, uniform grant format to be used by all Federal science agencies.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide6d42b52-7e4a-406d-b5b2-adc67b87e43d"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Considerations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In developing the uniform grant format, the Working Group shall consider whether to implement—</text> <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id223b2d6f-0bfe-4162-ac28-94ffabbbe859"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">procedures for preliminary project proposals in advance of peer-review selection;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="iddad4309d-9a57-455d-93ed-5c7493c7f005"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">increased use of <quote>Just-In-Time</quote> procedures for documentation that does not bear directly on the scientific merit of a proposal;</text> </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7620f05d-c2f6-4667-b37e-e68ac538e671"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">simplified initial budget proposals in advance of peer review selection; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide0259443-1278-4813-91a0-81fcc22b893f"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">detailed budget proposals for applicants that peer review selection identifies as likely to be funded.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5195f21a-47ba-4f4a-8e65-4c8b540eece4"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Centralized researcher profile database</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2907c80c-464d-44b5-8193-bfa793dfeade"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Establishment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Working Group shall establish, to the extent practicable, a secure, centralized database for investigator biosketches, curriculum vitae, licenses, lists of publications, and other documents considered relevant by the Working Group.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id95851545-e9fe-47a2-a495-f6acb9cf4853"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Considerations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In establishing the centralized profile database under subparagraph (A), the Working Group shall consider incorporating existing investigator databases.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida9f21c79-1284-43cb-8d97-bca395746718"><enum>(C)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Grant proposals</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To the extent practicable, all grant proposals shall utilize the centralized investigator profile database established under subparagraph (A).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb0aeac7b-c84d-4f53-b631-0043ea33d1cb"><enum>(D)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Requirements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each investigator shall—</text> <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id389a3222-3a9e-4a0b-b1d3-2b0b59d8c256"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">be responsible for ensuring the investigator's profile is current and accurate; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5d01b7fd-89f3-413d-8a05-78746efd3c9e"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">be assigned a unique identifier linked to the database and accessible to all Federal funding agencies.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc317902e-107e-41ea-9206-cd91d853cbaf"><enum>(4)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Centralized assurances repository</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Working Group shall—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4a42d548-f9d4-47e7-a918-59935d245193"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">establish a central repository for all of the assurances required for Federal research grants; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5c0d1e88-7c3b-410f-9618-525d10e45fc5"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provide guidance to institutions of higher education and Federal science agencies on the use of the centralized assurances repository.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5c44a848-8c69-4bd8-94bb-2a8fd391c00a"><enum>(5)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Comprehensive review</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd416fa89-6037-4183-9139-da45a931dfd9"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Working Group shall—</text> <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6c23ffdf-7677-4a6a-9653-297b29056653"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">conduct a comprehensive review of the mandated progress reports for federally funded research; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idbbb0f73c-e2ed-44a6-b9a6-35760fa1b729"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">develop a strategy to simplify investigator progress reports.</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2b49106a-e0d9-4894-a167-402cd7521c67"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Considerations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In developing the strategy, the Working Group shall consider limiting progress reports to performance outcomes.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb41c6eea-86bd-4ccf-9ec5-1e0cf86d45ed"><enum>(f)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Consultation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In carrying out its responsibilities under subsection (e)(1), the Working Group shall consult with academic researchers outside the Federal Government, including—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6f870d9a-1677-4701-89bb-5d70b48376f5"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">federally funded researchers;</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8dc54a1a-69f2-44a0-ad8f-8174a503d904"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">non-federally funded researchers;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idfd4680f9-6b4f-41ca-bc82-3a0b2a53190d"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">institutions of higher education and their representative associations;</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id564f8d10-c93e-491d-a76d-b6976788056a"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">scientific and engineering disciplinary societies and associations;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id751cf2de-a660-42ff-9a1e-b40c3165989f"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">nonprofit research institutions;</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7b11bc51-59de-4dcf-a714-c4492627f6c4"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">industry, including small businesses;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide6177284-b11d-434a-83c3-a3a3fe43e8f0"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">federally funded research and development centers; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id73512540-174f-4218-80f0-7aae3317b453"><enum>(8)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">members of the public with a stake in ensuring effectiveness, efficiency, and accountability in the performance of scientific research.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id22744cde-57c9-4d3e-b3ff-40de1ad75226"><enum>(g)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Reports</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 Working Group shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report on its responsibilities under this section, including a discussion of the considerations described in paragraphs (2)(B), (3)(B), and (5)(B) of subsection (e) and recommendations made under subsection (e)(1).</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id58bf369c-531c-4500-b729-cfb9bb692332" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>202.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Scientific and technical collaboration</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8396320a-347a-4180-a3e4-1711a398e4ed"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Definition of scientific and technical workshop</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section, the term <term>scientific and technical workshop</term> means a symposium, seminar, or any other organized, formal gathering where scientists or engineers working in STEM research and development fields assemble to coordinate, exchange and disseminate information or to explore or clarify a defined subject, problem or area of knowledge in the STEM fields.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id22206c7a-11d7-4956-90e8-46a1a75a0583"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Sense of Congress</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">It is the sense of Congress that—</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id74BD4D8E2BD5456FA54A87792986D7B7"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the United States should encourage broad dissemination of Federal research findings and engagement of Federal researchers with the scientific and technical community; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA0C59CB19BCD49048AF68A3EDB78607D"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">laboratory, test center, and field center directors and other similar heads of offices should approve scientific and technical workshop attendance if—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idfb96c623-3cb1-4a61-8521-7caa71edec89"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">that attendance would meet the mission of the laboratory or test center; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1afe0ac4-04b3-4844-b7d9-99d02318fd2e"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">sufficient laboratory or test center funds are available for that purpose.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id24778aca-024d-456f-992a-ae03ab8dae68"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Attendance policies</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the heads of the Federal science agencies shall each develop an action plan for the implementation of revisions and updates to their policies on attendance at scientific and technical workshops.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id09d69b7a-63dc-42ce-a229-6f3353051a9a"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">NIST workshops</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 2(c) of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/272">15 U.S.C. 272(c)</external-xref>), as amended by section 104 of this Act, is further amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc5978eae-e401-4f94-bd43-be3b47d793f7"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating paragraphs (19) through (24) as paragraphs (22) through (27), respectively; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6ed4279d-4351-425f-9f38-2ba92364dde9"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting after paragraph (18) the following:</text>
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<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idbaee6dc9-1808-47cc-bef2-12fa2a5f2cd3"><enum>(19)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">host, participate in, and support scientific and technical workshops (as defined in section 202 of the <short-title>American Innovation and Competitiveness Act</short-title>);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id69cbe7a8-5f3b-4bdf-9609-d16a343f1560"><enum>(20)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">collect and retain any fees charged by the Secretary for hosting a scientific and technical workshop described in paragraph (19);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc7fd16f9-0fb9-4cc8-8534-42a622042618"><enum>(21)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">notwithstanding title 31 of the United States Code, use the fees described in paragraph (20) to pay for any related expenses, including subsistence expenses for participants;</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id533b597a-4757-407b-9a7a-0f0c10026d0b" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>203.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">NIST grants and cooperative agreements update</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><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id48c1db60-056c-4d26-9c9c-4efe905c0214" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>204.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Repeal of certain obsolete reports</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9dc8fc2e-a81d-4426-b9bf-d2842da2faee"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Repeal of certain obsolete reports</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide2572fae-0596-4106-a169-7e6bedd21c97"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">NIST reports</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc8693673-8bf4-4223-8ddc-31d0a9e8ceba"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Report on donation of educationally useful Federal equipment to schools</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 6(b) of the Technology Administration Act of 1998 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/272">15 U.S.C. 272</external-xref> note) is amended—</text> <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id03b7d675-c236-4382-b3bf-9e2bc76573d2"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (1), by striking <quote>(1) <header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">In general</header-in-text>.—</quote> and indenting appropriately; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id943af41b-113a-437c-a803-55750cff1867"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking paragraph (2).</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida8db8776-907a-41cf-8c86-573306e21ef8"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Three-year programmatic planning document</header> <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idfe34ebff-fb78-4c8e-b0c0-69273440f80c"><enum>(i)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 23 of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/278i">15 U.S.C. 278i</external-xref>) is amended by striking subsections (c) and (d).</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id392ea902-5830-4838-8f22-20ad5fac5b02"><enum>(ii)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Conforming amendment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 10(h)(1) of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/278">15 U.S.C. 278(h)(1)</external-xref>) is amended by striking the last sentence.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1fd5baf0-d488-4ed0-a854-c97cd232baff"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Multiagency report on innovation acceleration research</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1008 of the America COMPETES Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/6603">42 U.S.C. 6603</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id017a795b-5c71-4f9a-badb-057f2e4ec4ea"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking subsection (c); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8bcdfddd-71b7-4a88-931b-9e29c0dcb6d8"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection (c).</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2accf406-ecbb-4b61-88ca-11ca63eb47ca"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">NSF reports</header> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc422bb22-624d-4227-b7ce-03ea7065b304"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Funding for successful stem education programs; report to Congress</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 7012 of the America COMPETES Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1862o-4">42 U.S.C. 1862o–4</external-xref>) is amended by striking subsection (c).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id974c1190-228b-4a41-a327-389a458be53a"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Encouraging participation; evaluation and report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 7031 of the America COMPETES Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1862o-11">42 U.S.C. 1862o–11</external-xref>) is amended by striking subsection (b).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id64209772-cf0f-4255-a201-ae5f5b32031f"><enum>(C)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Math and science partnerships program coordination report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 9(c) of the National Science Foundation Authorization Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1862n">42 U.S.C. 1862n(c)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6778c3fd-ba14-4b43-a1ee-a1d4c2c1f999"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking paragraph (4); and</text> </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idae5b5474-e48d-4aaa-8f17-217e3e40c08b"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating paragraph (5) as paragraph (4).</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id003eeab2-f558-431f-82a7-236a5fb283d8"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">National Nanotechnology Initiative reports</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The 21st Century Nanotechnology Research and Development Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/7501">15 U.S.C. 7501 et seq.</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id75458717-caf6-48c8-87d3-977c445f2c83"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by amending section 2(c)(4) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/7501">15 U.S.C. 7501(c)(4)</external-xref>) to read as follows:</text>
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<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id81823d6b-4e3a-422f-9875-2860879b2e90"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">develop, not later than 5 years after the date of the release of the most-recent strategic plan, and update every 5 years thereafter, a strategic plan to guide the activities described under subsection (b) that describes—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id93e55cc8-0f00-4592-a80a-4fb8c5fa95f7"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the near-term and long-term objectives for the Program;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide0e3f58f-96f0-4d87-9eb2-d2dd0f98dd39"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the anticipated schedule for achieving the near-term objectives; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2ab770f3-36a5-40a8-8da8-a01f982535e1"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the metrics that will be used to assess progress toward the near-term and long-term objectives;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idecf632e9-4070-4661-a34c-9d22d60cab14"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">how the Program will move results out of the laboratory and into application for the benefit of society;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id21094a7e-9e2b-4c62-9ff4-8aa1fdf63deb"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Program's support for long-term funding for interdisciplinary research and development in nanotechnology; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idcd8a40c3-06f4-4d1b-b134-9064fdf7b0cb"><enum>(F)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the allocation of funding for interagency nanotechnology projects;</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0d97de1d-d781-4cef-95af-7a8864f9433f"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by amending section 4(d) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/7503">15 U.S.C. 7503(d)</external-xref>) to read as follows:</text>
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<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id91237f70-d120-4378-9b45-7f15068653a7"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Reports</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 4 years after the date of the most recent assessment under subsection (c), and quadrennially thereafter, the Advisory Panel shall submit to the President, the <committee-name committee-id="SSCM00">Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate,</committee-name> and the <committee-name committee-id="">Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the House of Representatives</committee-name> a report its assessments under subsection (c) and its recommendations for ways to improve the Program.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd60da6b1-476b-4f90-a5bc-50113320ae25"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in section 5 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/7504">15 U.S.C. 7504</external-xref>)—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ideaffdda5-41d2-438f-a50f-54bbbcd9c689"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the heading, by striking <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="OLC">Triennial</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="OLC">Quadrennial</header-in-text></quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7c62e715-df69-4351-a813-31ddd110789e"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (a), in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking <quote>triennial</quote> and inserting <quote>quadrennial</quote>;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id726bdfb2-e82e-4470-af02-6c38b03a2648"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (b), by striking <quote>triennial</quote> and inserting <quote>quadrennial</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id47ea9b47-964d-4953-b31b-25d7de91f6f2"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (c), by striking <quote>triennial</quote> and inserting <quote>quadrennial</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id47df3a4b-6ba8-4ee6-ad82-3a42fd62d283"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by amending subsection (d) to read as follows:</text>
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<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idbd4b31a1-3eca-4c50-a39b-4ad97f161fb2"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Report</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc3c1c7bf-0b21-4050-bc5d-d99a6f5a181e"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 30 days after the date the first evaluation under subsection (a) is received, and quadrennially thereafter, the Director of the National Nanotechnology Coordination Office shall report to the President its assessments under subsection (c) and its recommendations for ways to improve the Program.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4b911c54-0583-4e26-9f06-43e1abddd8a8"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Congress</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 30 days after the date the President receives the report under paragraph (1), the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy shall transmit a copy of the report to Congress.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id65847050-81e1-4dc2-a7ba-4297feff8ed8"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Major research equipment and facilities construction</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 14 of the National Science Foundation Authorization Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1862n-4">42 U.S.C. 1862n–4</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1e1aa22d-5618-4010-acfc-c0274c73d681"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida5c279da-cb09-4ef3-bfe4-c31280b3713a" style="OLC"> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6d1f6421-4cbf-4ab0-841f-d031b9ab8c9c"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Prioritization of proposed major research equipment and facilities construction</header> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="iddf852457-d3f5-49ff-ab93-b8fa08c93196"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Development of priorities</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Director shall—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id24a94047-206d-4a39-b0b5-38e585408a90"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">develop a list indicating by number the relative priority for funding under the major research equipment and facilities construction account that the Director assigns to each project the Board has approved for inclusion in a future budget request; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9ad621d4-b3d6-464f-8c9e-a4f83f1dca8e"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">submit the list described in subparagraph (A) to the Board for approval.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE9F2B7721562489CA232E146CE305DFD"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Criteria</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Director shall include in the criteria for developing the list under paragraph (1) the readiness of plans for construction and operation, including confidence in the estimates of the full life-cycle cost (as defined in section 2 of the National Science Foundation Authorization Act of 1998 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1862k">42 U.S.C. 1862k</external-xref> note)) and the proposed schedule of completion.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida397e392-3500-4b89-9976-c31bcab2de5d"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Updates</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Director shall update the list prepared under paragraph (1) each time the Board approves a new project that would receive funding under the major research equipment and facilities construction account and periodically submit any updated list to the Board for approval.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb6b8642b-0da4-49fe-8834-98e62063a145"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking subsection (e);</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd6eba36a-bd8d-4ff0-a4fa-25c23f47d9a5"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating subsections (c) and (d) as subsections (b) and (c), respectively; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id18d6ae71-47d0-4692-84a9-a64b165514cc"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by amending subsection (c), as redesignated, to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf0f8acce-28c2-4cff-b78b-2a2398ce55bc" style="OLC"> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7883efc6-d931-41f4-b9ce-feb8ef85afbb"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Board approval of major research equipment and facilities projects</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Board shall explicitly approve any project to be funded out of the major research equipment and facilities construction account before any funds may be obligated from such account for such project.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4bebba7e-22e2-4254-9f26-09606966a160" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>205.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Repeal of certain provisions</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id60f0169b-dac0-4f03-9003-9d0bc95bbf87"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Technology Innovation Program</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc4ae6a5a-7987-44ae-a2f2-e4f3a9b14491"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 repealed.</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id35d528d6-d268-4d1f-a376-c08c011b6abb"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Conforming amendments</header> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id756223e2-4874-405c-9aae-ef34516d597a"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Additional award criteria</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 4226(b) of the Small Business Jobs Act of 2010 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/278n">15 U.S.C. 278n</external-xref> note) is repealed.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7b862f0c-5210-41ac-a110-804461c6f8fa"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Management costs</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 2(d) of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/272">15 U.S.C. 272(d)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>sections 25, 26, and 28</quote> and inserting <quote>sections 25 and 26</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1303bf5f-0812-4a73-a78e-4ca59543cde7"><enum>(C)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Annual and other reports to Secretary and Congress</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 10(h)(1) of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/278">15 U.S.C. 278(h)(1)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>, including the Program established under section 28,</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idbf7682e2-2b53-40f4-aeee-5417bebbb0b4"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Teachers for a competitive tomorrow</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Sections 6111 through 6116 of the America COMPETES Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/9811">20 U.S.C. 9811</external-xref>, 9812, 9813, 9814, 9815, 9816) and the items relating to those sections in the table of contents under section 2 of that Act (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/110/69">Public Law 110–69</external-xref>; 121 Stat. 572) are repealed.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id90bcb494b8ff45819fe8ab4ee5a3818a" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>206.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Grant subrecipient transparency and oversight</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA6D283505C6A4D699DAD86BAB8757BC5"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Inspector General of the Foundation shall prepare and submit to the appropriate committees of Congress an audit of the Foundation's policies and procedures governing the monitoring of pass-through entities with respect to subrecipients.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDF8D62C792C7403286D57C08C0D4C561"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Contents</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The audit shall include the following:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idaa7ce0e22fb94f1594aedcf99607a04a"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Information regarding the Foundation's process to oversee—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id354103B6C5174510B194738726FDC6F1"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the compliance of pass-through entities under section 200.331 and subpart F of part 200 of chapter II of subtitle A of title 2, Code of Federal Regulations, and the other requirements of that title for subrecipients;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id17e7f7a37dab4641b9b4f67751620988"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">whether pass-through entities have processes and controls in place regarding financial compliance of subrecipients, where appropriate; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6b16dafc058f48e091d5df3023d95d5e"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">whether pass-through entities have processes and controls in place to maintain approved grant objectives for subrecipients, where appropriate.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0bc469395e4d496baad1070b65654ea1"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Recommendations, if necessary, to increase transparency and oversight while balancing administrative burdens.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2EE91A71FB494949B03C681CA2C7ECCB" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>207.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Micro-purchase threshold for procurement solicitations by research institutions</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA872BC80082A4745AB70822E8A89E0CD"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Micro-purchase threshold</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The micro-purchase threshold for procurement activities administered under sections 6303 through 6305 of title 31, United States Code, awarded by the Foundation, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, or the National Institute of Standards and Technology to institutions of higher education, or related or affiliated nonprofit entities, or to nonprofit research organizations or independent research institutes is—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf11c6d597b21477c88d21497a17165d3"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$10,000 (as adjusted periodically to account for inflation); or</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id38c86b476069485ea21b17a2df8b82a9"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">such higher threshold as determined appropriate by the head of the relevant executive agency and consistent with audit findings under <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/31/75">chapter 75</external-xref> of title 31, United States Code, internal institutional risk assessment, or State law.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id81488ACB4BB44385A2FA64899A22DADB"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Uniform guidance</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Uniform Guidance shall be revised to conform with the requirements of this section. For purposes of the preceding sentence, the term <term>Uniform Guidance</term> means the uniform administrative requirements, cost principles, and audit requirements for Federal awards contained in part 200 of title 2 of the Code of Federal Regulations.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0f778a6b40a646da9b54f4f857ac1987" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>208.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Coordination of international science and technology partnerships</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idEA894F6276824E87A7AE8AE5C73E2C32"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Short title</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">This section may be cited as the <quote><short-title>International Science and Technology Cooperation Act of 2016</short-title></quote>.</text> </subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ided529035a6d24cffb04c5fff0b28516d"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Establishment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy shall establish a body under the National Science and Technology Council 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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id02764506e1794c398447100d31ba7088"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">NSTC body leadership</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The body established under subsection (b) shall be co-chaired by senior level officials from the Office of Science and Technology Policy and the Department of State.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf3bc39653992420ab52a3e0f89cfb662"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Responsibilities</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The body established under subsection (b) shall—</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2d0c47aa05c54507bfcd1ee0b51a4959"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">plan and coordinate interagency international science and technology cooperative research and training activities and partnerships supported or managed by Federal agencies;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB73CD69A75B94FBB87EAE69DF5AF1C5D"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6735844333674e43a7c0b51f06ea1c2b"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6acaf850bdc741a8ae9e49d71702a041"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">identify opportunities for new international science and technology cooperative research and training partnerships that advance both the science and technology and the foreign policy priorities of the United States;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6b929b3d9b304d3da386a8ce270a9eeb"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in carrying out paragraph (4), solicit input and recommendations from non-Federal science and technology stakeholders, including institutions of higher education, scientific and professional societies, industry, and other relevant organizations and institutions; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id24534bc24f824896b02d46daea207e73"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">identify broad issues that influence the ability of United States scientists and engineers to collaborate with foreign counterparts, including barriers to collaboration and access to scientific information.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd01dd6cb0b844992b3f206008f0c9e5f"><enum>(e)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Report to Congress</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy shall submit to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives a biennial report on the requirements of this section.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4FC2C6E42B364BE88D38535BAC1D61E9"><enum>(f)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Website</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Director shall make each report available to the public on the Office of Science and Technology Policy website.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2B4AA08DE71E4C7BB294544FC28FD293"><enum>(g)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Termination</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The body established under subsection (b) shall terminate on the date that is 10 years after the date of enactment of this Act.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide37cf4c869be434e9b68019668cbba20"><enum>(h)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Additional reports to Congress</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy shall submit, not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act and annually thereafter, to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives a report that lists and describes the details of all foreign travel by Office of Science and Technology Policy staff and detailees.</text>
</subsection></section><enum>III</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Science, technology, engineering, and math education</header>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id16a90a71-d4b7-4240-aaac-559e7eb8cfd5" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>301.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program update</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 10A of the National Science Foundation Authorization Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1862n-1a">42 U.S.C. 1862n–1a</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6837d76d-1f59-4b90-ba03-a1c4b3e0cfd3" style="OLC">
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9b0f3603-d481-4bfc-851e-012045d6e33a"><enum>(k)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">STEM teacher service and retention</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id43c5dbbd-35a0-4392-bcfc-f3a8b5d8ee65"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Director shall develop and implement practices for increasing the proportion of individuals receiving fellowships under this section who—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8fc6b7ae-dc21-4729-9eb4-a01120f7f83f"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">fulfill the service obligation required under subsection (h); and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf59956ce-612b-44d7-91b4-fa9eb1874aa6"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">remain in the teaching profession in a high need local educational agency beyond the service obligation.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida064b6d9-a4ff-4206-ba5d-1caf7d9e5f6c"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Practices</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The practices described under paragraph (1) may include—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4191221d-8ca8-4f4d-b925-cd49b86ca8fa"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">partnering with nonprofit or professional associations or with other government entities to provide individuals receiving fellowships under this section with opportunities for professional development, including mentorship programs that pair those individuals with currently employed and recently retired science, technology, engineering, mathematics, or computer science professionals;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id592e9d8e-cda2-47ce-86ca-7667784a27f3"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">increasing recruitment from high need districts;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1f3a695c-1931-4489-b8e1-a0581ad8a769"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">establishing a system to better collect, track, and respond to data on the career decisions of individuals receiving fellowships under this section;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id69822b64-4074-4fb1-9d11-c79be084a21d"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">conducting research to better understand factors relevant to teacher service and retention, including factors specifically impacting the retention of teachers who are individuals identified in sections 33 and 34 of the Science and Engineering Equal Opportunities Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1885a">42 U.S.C. 1885a</external-xref>, 1885b); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc9a685c8-bacc-4f55-8954-b8e0cd85faea"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">conducting pilot programs to improve teacher service and retention.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd5d15485-1c54-4759-bca8-a0eeecb8916c" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>302.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Space grants</header> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1f3d10e9-f054-4b8a-a7e6-e6f1af97fe41"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Sense of Congress</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">It is the sense of Congress that the National Space Grant College and Fellowship Program has been an important program by which the Federal Government has partnered with universities, colleges, industry, and other organizations to provide hands-on STEM experiences, fostering of multidisciplinary space research, and supporting graduate fellowships in space-related fields, among other purposes.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0981e387-2540-445d-80ee-44b858575251"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Administrative costs</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 40303 of title 51, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6a841a57-f5f6-421f-b81a-ea2048cd3743" style="OLC"> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id58465f15-8b6b-426a-b449-2c84f983243c"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Program administration costs</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In carrying out the provisions of this chapter, the Administrator—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id75e7d26c-4adc-4889-957c-78dd6e1b92ec"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">shall maximize appropriated funds for grants and contracts made under section 40304 in each fiscal year; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc842ba20-23ce-494e-899d-adb26760f9d0"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in each fiscal year, the Administrator shall limit its program administration costs to no more than 5 percent of funds appropriated for this program for that fiscal year.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="iddeaf6fbb-7274-461e-9f66-b759b68bfcab"><enum>(e)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Reports</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For any fiscal year in which the Administrator cannot meet the administration cost target under subsection (d)(2), if the Administration is unable to limit program costs under subsection (b), the Administrator shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report, including—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5490653c-5db2-43a9-a355-2cb7f6d1b72b"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a description of why the Administrator did not meet the cost target under subsection (d); and</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7d62ad11-a9e0-4b40-9b30-20b474a0d0a5"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the measures the Administrator will take in the next fiscal year to meet the cost target under subsection (d) without drawing upon other Federal funding.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida37bd8e4-5b2c-446f-9895-ec7ddc117374" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>303.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">STEM Education Advisory Panel</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5309ac2b-09e7-4ea3-9370-f3231882bc61"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Establishment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment this Act, the Director of the Foundation, Secretary of Education, Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shall jointly establish an advisory panel (referred to in this section as the <quote>STEM Education Advisory Panel</quote>) to advise the Committee on STEM Education of the National Science and Technology Council (referred to in this section as <quote>CoSTEM</quote>) on matters relating to STEM education.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc557d973-2809-44f9-a254-b2ac9bdc90ac"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Members</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id905ac988-0b23-422e-9d4c-8b4d78bb4553"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The STEM Education Advisory Panel shall be composed of not less than 11 members.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id14c70925-00df-4a68-ad80-c5b37717877e"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Appointment</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5639d532-5cb4-4616-a165-d1acf28103fc"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subject to subparagraph (B), the Director of the Foundation, in consultation with the Secretary of Education and the heads of the Federal science agencies, shall appoint the members of the STEM Education Advisory Panel.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc58a8a55-8bab-4d01-8cd3-41f308a45943"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Consideration</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In selecting individuals to appoint under subparagraph (A), the Director of the Foundation shall seek and give consideration to recommendations from Congress, industry, the scientific community, including the National Academy of Sciences, scientific professional societies, academia, State and local governments, organizations representing individuals identified in section 33 or section 34 of the Science and Engineering Equal Opportunities Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1885a">42 U.S.C. 1885a</external-xref>, 1885b), and such other organizations as the Director considers appropriate.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idbd12aa2d-78cb-466c-adbb-06f4637efe73"><enum>(C)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Qualifications</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Members shall—</text> <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idad4bf672-450c-47af-8689-2c21640f0139"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">primarily be individuals from academic institutions, nonprofit organizations, and industry, including in-school, out-of-school, and informal education practitioners; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2df6c649-4438-436a-a0f3-8406d3f7b08d"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">be individuals who are qualified to provide advice and information on STEM education research, development, training, implementation, interventions, professional development, or workforce needs or concerns.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc6ed0c30-72cf-43ba-8ac8-45b28209d2dd"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Responsibilities</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="iddcc96365-f786-4e5b-96e7-97cc204c6da2"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The STEM Education Advisory Panel shall—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id858C30F62A7C4F0EAE9907B49F551C29"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">advise CoSTEM;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2C487D065E8B47A3B33C393AB60C3545"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">periodically assess CoSTEM's progress in carrying out its responsibilities under 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>); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id48D0E1B7E2EE48E8ABE28652817DF3CE"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">help identify any need or opportunity to update the strategic plan under section 101(b) of that Act.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5802f615-bde6-4388-8d3a-9c6074f18adb"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Considerations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In its advisory role, the STEM Education Advisory Panel shall consider—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id73C0025747C34BAEAD53F94D824E4CDF"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the management, coordination, and implementation of STEM education programs and activities across the Federal Government;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5773128d-124e-4e93-b3d2-33393545f618"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the appropriateness of criteria used by Federal agencies to evaluate the effectiveness of Federal STEM education programs and activities;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE22F8FBCF74E41FD8E39F7AC42D5A497"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">whether societal and workforce concerns are adequately addressed by current Federal STEM education programs and activities;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id192BE9CC97A247599E6CC890475C8847"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">how Federal agencies can incentivize institutions of higher education to improve retention of STEM students;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7555feab-aa7c-4d45-8c9c-ad05431e9365"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">ways to leverage private and nonprofit STEM investments and encourage public-private partnerships to strengthen STEM education and help build the STEM workforce pipeline;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id15901C1CCC8D4919B5F033109D24963B"><enum>(F)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">ways to incorporate workforce needs into Federal STEM education programs and activities, particularly for specific employment fields of national interest and employment fields experiencing high unemployment rates;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id81818c02325745848793c9b3fd610fd3"><enum>(G)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">ways to better vertically and horizontally integrate Federal STEM education programs and activities from pre-kindergarten through graduate study and the workforce, and from in-school to out-of-school in order to improve transitions for students moving through the STEM education and workforce pipelines;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1de479b062994077bc148c502d38deb8"><enum>(H)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the extent to which Federal STEM education programs and activities are contributing to recruitment and retention of individuals identified in sections 33 and 34 of the Science and Engineering Equal Opportunities Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1885a">42 U.S.C. 1885a</external-xref>, 1885b) in the STEM education and workforce pipelines; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide233b1c6fd534d83a6405cb4f2a0d826"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">ways to encourage geographic diversity in the STEM education and the workforce pipelines.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id858fe0c9-63e6-48de-94f8-ae723e571f89"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Recommendations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The STEM Education Advisory Panel shall make recommendations to improve Federal STEM education programs and activities based on each assessment under paragraph (1)(B).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id29f91621-b47a-4a3e-9bb5-dddf4882e201"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Funding</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Director of the Foundation, the Secretary of Education, the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shall jointly make funds available on an annual basis to support the activities of the STEM Education Advisory Panel.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id50b4e892-2c0c-43d9-b2f5-f58f316572fb"><enum>(e)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Reports</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, and after each assessment under subsection (c)(1)(B), the STEM Education Advisory Panel shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress and CoSTEM a report on its assessment under that subsection and its recommendations under subsection (c)(3).</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id820354fa-6a05-477b-830e-0966c380f675"><enum>(f)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Travel expenses of non-Federal members</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id77e4e024-0dd0-4d78-8497-ee72dfa8f76a"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Non-Federal members of the STEM Education Advisory Panel, while attending meetings of the panel or while otherwise serving at the request of a co-chairperson away from their homes or regular places of business, may be allowed travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, as authorized by section 5703 of title 5, United States Code, for individuals in the Government serving without pay.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7c27e8f4-e1c2-4a99-8dac-bac64870d6ae"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Rule of construction</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to prohibit members of the STEM 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>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id76653BC5F9164A5B995A52DD59DF6FFC"><enum>(g)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Termination</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The STEM Education Advisory Panel established under subsection (a) shall terminate on the date that is 5 years after the date that it is established.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0e37b48a-5cec-4683-b2ec-1aef2043b29f" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>304.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Committee on STEM Education</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id90648a41-947a-434a-85d5-0b879c51722b"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Responsibilities</header><text display-inline="yes-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—</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8b828cfc-7236-4006-8249-2247f4af159f"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (5)(D), by striking <quote>; and</quote> and inserting a semicolon;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id618cb06d-d76e-41f9-b8cf-61922df67184"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (6), by striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb5d4c342-1d29-4cef-960a-b853fc8022e8"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb649c1f0-2922-4453-8854-aaecde8f569a" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id296ac03a-ccdd-4d9d-8354-84a6ebed4290"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">collaborate with the STEM Education Advisory Panel established under section 303 of the <short-title>American Innovation and Competitiveness Act</short-title> and other outside stakeholders to ensure the engagement of the STEM education community;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd6f1dc7d-d2e8-443c-ae15-455b712e3910"><enum>(8)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">review the measures used by a Federal agency to evaluate its STEM education activities and programs;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id27699d0f-7b61-4e52-8d5d-0b814034df5a"><enum>(9)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">request and review feedback from States on how the States are utilizing Federal STEM education programs and activities; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id57d91b17-b953-43bb-9c94-978ed713694a"><enum>(10)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">recommend the reform, termination, or consolidation of Federal STEM education activities and programs, taking into consideration the recommendations of the STEM Education Advisory Panel.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3084c087-7d2b-4d56-bb12-1621a53e9daf"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Reports</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 101 of the America COMPETES Reauthorization Act of 2010 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/6621">42 U.S.C. 6621</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd3af222e-8167-4987-afa6-86b562668a88"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>(c) <header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Report</header-in-text>.—</quote> and inserting <quote>(d) <header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Reports</header-in-text>.—</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id636f1d52-b6f8-4a76-b66d-f9bfa6da71ad"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>(b) <header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Responsibilities of OSTP</header-in-text>.—</quote> and inserting <quote>(c) <header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Responsibilities of OSTP</header-in-text>.—</quote>; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idcabf98bc-cb26-4060-b669-9502c196a1cc"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (d), as redesignated—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3c37f10d-d31c-4c2c-9faf-d0c3b78c3850"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (4), by striking <quote>; and</quote> and inserting a semicolon;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf7fd5cdf-f291-4d65-9d39-67f72fef717b"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (5), by striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idbae1740b-bf92-4250-88ed-bd61cbc53672"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id38ac2ab7-b252-4806-b69b-53c8e5173e3f" style="OLC"> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6d2395c7-90a9-4b92-b92a-4bd71ebe8a13"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a description of all consolidations and terminations of Federal STEM education programs and activities implemented in the previous fiscal year, including an explanation for the consolidations and terminations;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idefcaa212-66ad-4469-9bc1-8fa14cbea115"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">recommendations for reforms, consolidations, and terminations of STEM education programs or activities in the upcoming fiscal year; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4a1ca3cf-5dfe-4d01-8fdc-f6e67e040bf3"><enum>(8)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a description of any significant new STEM education public-private partnerships.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id167c37f4-697a-4a98-835a-1b4d49b2a7c0" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>305.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline"> Programs to expand STEM opportunities</header> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id74bbdc4b-7750-401f-bf05-947e599fea6f"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Findings</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Congress makes the following findings:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id97e4dcea-bf99-499e-b710-8d69c7ae29bc"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Economic projections by the Bureau of Labor Statistics indicate that by 2018, there could be 2,400,000 unfilled STEM jobs.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide66234b1-1d2c-4fa8-899a-7da7a3431ee8"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Women represent slightly more than half the United States population, and projections indicate that 54 percent of the population will be a member of a racial or ethnic minority group by 2050.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide34477e8-fde3-4528-8f44-2bfad3a52eca"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Despite representing half the population, women comprise only about 30 percent of STEM workers according to a 2015 report by the National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2b7a244e-e2cf-4455-b575-446dfb9aff2a"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A 2014 National Center for Education Statistics study found that underrepresented populations leave the STEM fields at higher rates than their counterparts.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4b49567d-6cfe-495b-ace4-9693826e9f75"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The representation of women in STEM drops significantly at the faculty level. Overall, women hold only 25 percent of all tenured and tenure-track positions and 17 percent of full professor positions in STEM fields in our Nation’s universities and 4-year colleges.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6a3b93b9-edde-44d1-a3fd-8998c1e93207"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Black and Hispanic faculty together hold about 6.5 percent of all tenured and tenure-track positions and 5 percent of full professor positions.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id92b2302b-480e-495e-9b56-143ecd8eedf4"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Many of the numbers in the American Indian or Alaskan Native and Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander categories for different faculty ranks were too small for the Foundation to report publicly without potentially compromising confidential information about the individuals being surveyed.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id013365e5-2ace-4f6d-ad70-220154279700"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Sense of Congress</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">It is the sense of Congress that—</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1dc60787-9421-46a2-8988-a399b99bfca4"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">it is critical to our Nation’s economic leadership and global competitiveness that the United States educate, train, and retain more scientists, engineers, and computer scientists;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5a64d817-901e-46c9-8e7d-dd27607dace9"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">there is currently a disconnect between the availability of and growing demand for STEM-skilled workers;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id706d5ee5-db8c-4de8-b568-b89d52efe177"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">historically, underrepresented populations are the largest untapped STEM talent pools in the United States; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2eed161c-52c4-4f0e-91cd-717297dd14a4"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">given the shifting demographic landscape, the United States should encourage full participation of individuals from underrepresented populations in STEM fields.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="iddc1fd263-2216-4c7b-9f13-6050f1bafa2b"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Reaffirmation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Director of the Foundation shall continue to support programs designed to broaden participation of underrepresented populations in STEM fields.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida1fda3b0-cb40-4570-adc9-e1fde7777bee"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Grants To broaden participation</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idED4387D6DA89444084BA388E24AFA72C"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Director of the Foundation shall award grants on a competitive, merit-reviewed basis, to eligible entities to increase the participation of underrepresented populations in STEM fields, including individuals identified in section 33 or section 34 of the Science and Engineering Equal Opportunities Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1885a">42 U.S.C. 1885a</external-xref>, 1885b).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide2e71065c794441aa2662a2dd3e8d25d"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Center of excellence</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB006420899914F2087A31449CA9E9FAB"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Grants awarded under this subsection may include grants for the establishment of a Center of Excellence to collect, maintain, and disseminate information to increase participation of underrepresented populations in STEM fields.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9656cea882654048bfb4901ab6e2b00b"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Purpose</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The purpose of a Center of Excellence under this subsection is to promote diversity in STEM fields by building on the success of the INCLUDES programs, providing technical assistance, maintaining best practices, and providing related training at federally funded academic institutions.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idfc9c44ca-e006-429c-9621-f1bdb4be7558"><enum>(e)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Accountability and dissemination</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9726c574-bc71-4901-b377-6e73438c26da"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Evaluation</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4cbe24db-b4d5-4c45-8cf2-41711388acd8"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 5 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Director of the Foundation shall evaluate the grants provided under this section.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7f1e6bb7-a043-4398-97ff-9348ffee77b4"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Requirements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In conducting the evaluation under subparagraph (A), the Director shall—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id38efe70f-411b-4e30-9ffa-361faf108468"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">use a common set of benchmarks and assessment tools to identify best practices and materials developed or demonstrated by the research; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide38bfbfb-4526-429c-9b91-f37d6d02bbb0"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to the extent practicable, combine the research resulting from the grant activity under subsection (e) with the current research on serving underrepresented students in grades kindergarten through 8.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide8c50627-614a-42d5-b9f7-49b69712073b"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Report on evaluations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 180 days after the completion of the evaluation under paragraph (1), the Director of the Foundation shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress and make widely available to the public a report that includes—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd991b91b-2d47-4958-ad41-eef2de0bc6fc"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the results of the evaluation; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id89917979-e96c-4056-b2a3-9899e4143172"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any recommendations for administrative and legislative action that could optimize the effectiveness of the program.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id39080f9d-d50c-42f8-bf5d-599ae51fb1c4"><enum>(f)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Coordination</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In carrying out this section, the Director of the Foundation shall consult and cooperate with the programs and policies of other relevant Federal agencies to avoid duplication with and enhance the effectiveness of the program under this section.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb24d034a-e351-49e6-be43-b9ecebe2782c" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>306.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">NIST education and outreach</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id33853fa1-8077-4014-a514-153303193dcd"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Repeal</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 section 18 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/278g-1">15 U.S.C. 278g–1</external-xref>).</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idadb2c343-8956-4674-8515-19583b0b4354"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Education and outreach</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>), as amended, is further amended by inserting after section 17, the following:</text>
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<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4fedf43b-02c7-4f1c-8e8e-599130568a89" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>18.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Education and outreach</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb7b02d12-de27-41e7-a4a1-1b7d2cdaae1f"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Director is authorized to expend funds appropriated for activities of the Institute in any fiscal year, to support, promote, and coordinate activities and efforts to enhance public awareness and understanding of measurement sciences, standards and technology at the national measurement laboratories and otherwise in fulfillment of the mission of the Institute. The Director may carry out activities under this subsection, including education and outreach activities to the general public, industry and academia in support of the Institute’s mission.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4af49509-cc6a-4c11-bfdc-e5676afa1ae8"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Hiring</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Director, in coordination with the Director of the Office of Personnel Management, may revise the procedures the Director applies when making appointments to laboratory positions within the competitive service—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc20b2846-5b36-4945-9a71-0dc72f552da6"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to ensure corporate memory of and expertise in the fundamental ongoing work, and on developing new capabilities in priority areas;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9d6b5ba9-070c-45b3-9d4d-351182032e60"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to maintain high overall technical competence;</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id73108a27-62e8-4575-afdc-4addb7b6dfb9"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to improve staff diversity;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id97192864-5901-47c5-a6b1-503dab030924"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to balance emphases on the noncore and core areas; or</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="iddd505f5f-1f5e-46c9-9dcc-22db65abbecd"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to improve the ability of the Institute to compete in the marketplace for qualified personnel.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id45dda207-410c-46bc-84dc-876dc5119a8e"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Volunteers</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide172002a-2653-4a14-baa7-c09db8f11fac"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Director may establish a program to use volunteers in carrying out the programs of the Institute.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id81518bcc-caa8-4ac7-b263-bfe9f04f51ab"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Acceptance of personnel</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Director may accept, subject to regulations issued by the Office of Personnel Management, voluntary service for the Institute for such purpose if the service—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id90d99d12-5c96-4f84-ab24-4621dc4bbc90"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is to be without compensation; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf89c5633-e301-4052-9f4f-2038de67724f"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">will not be used to displace any current employee or act as a substitute for any future full-time employee of the Institute.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id523c9c6e-c40d-49b7-be8c-3ff750716fef"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Federal employee status</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any individual who provides voluntary service under this subsection shall not be considered a Federal employee, except for purposes of <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/5/81">chapter 81</external-xref> of title 5, United States Code (relating to compensation for injury), and sections 2671 through 2680 of title 28, United States Code (relating to tort claims).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0a899f9b-1db2-44c1-a370-7f978a38418a"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Research fellowships</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5f9d9e39-44a1-4f0c-94fe-1c6ddb749a47"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Director may expend funds appropriated for activities of the Institute in any fiscal year, as the Director considers appropriate, for awards of research fellowships and other forms of financial and logistical assistance, including direct stipend awards to—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id49092437-b6a9-430c-b160-1c92da68b83b"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">students at institutions of higher learning within the United States who show promise as present or future contributors to the mission of the Institute; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id79e5f402-027e-49f2-b8a6-816c4e1295c6"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">United States citizens for research and technical activities of the Institute, including programs.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id65b4b38b-5b65-4a62-92ff-e3f23195e981"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Selection criteria</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The selection of persons to receive such fellowships and assistance shall be made on the basis of ability and of the relevance of the proposed work to the mission and programs of the Institute.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb6744a58-0f3d-4471-a8d5-f86995919e4f"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Financial and logistical assistance</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding section 1345 of title 31, United States Code, or any other law to the contrary, the Director may include as a form of financial or logistical assistance under this subsection temporary housing and transportation to and from Institute facilities.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0d1d7d8d-25f0-41af-9738-1c12037a96b1"><enum>(e)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Educational outreach activities</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Director may—</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id256a835f-84b1-4bc5-8f18-a8461c61ad95"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">facilitate education programs for undergraduate and graduate students, postdoctoral researchers, and academic and industry employees;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4a60df05-cf10-4505-a328-c4855424d172"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">sponsor summer workshops for STEM kindergarten through grade 12 teachers as appropriate;</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2466f84a-db65-40db-b099-e902e4b7d49d"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">develop programs for graduate student internships and visiting faculty researchers;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0cc636e5-9f38-42b7-ad10-6c289fe5fd81"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">document publications, presentations, and interactions with visiting researchers and sponsoring interns as performance metrics for improving and continuing interactions with those individuals; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1431a49a-0a34-4936-9877-6d069b1e5675"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">facilitate laboratory tours and provide presentations for educational, industry, and community groups.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id170c3b2f-4f62-4f90-83a5-7fb322991cd2"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Post-doctoral fellowship program</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 19 of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/278g-2">15 U.S.C. 278g–2</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text>
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<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id85dbdd6b-9bec-40bd-b9a2-13c143cda83c" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>19.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Post-doctoral fellowship program</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide46574be-ef96-4566-b513-f66624c78ca7"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Institute and the National Academy of Sciences, jointly, shall establish and conduct a post-doctoral fellowship program, subject to the availability of appropriations.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idfbb0b4cc-b407-4d4e-9dcc-1803ec122e18"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Organization</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The post-doctoral fellowship program shall include not less than 20 new fellows per fiscal year.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id80d1830b-d7fc-45eb-8dda-7bd1d1554528"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Evaluations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In evaluating applications for post-doctoral fellowships under this section, the Director of the Institute and the President of the National Academy of Sciences shall give consideration to the goal of promoting the participation of individuals identified in sections 33 and 34 of the Science and Engineering Equal Opportunities Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1885a">42 U.S.C. 1885a</external-xref>, 1885b) in research areas supported by the Institute.</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id21c803de-d1bd-47a3-b49d-a61b5a40eed2"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Savings clauses</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc2a62feb-06a0-4efe-afa8-db553deb3582"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Research fellowships and other financial assistance to students at institutes of higher education</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The repeal made by subsection (a) of this section shall not affect any award of a research fellowship or other form of financial assistance made under section 18 of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/278g-1">15 U.S.C. 278g–1</external-xref>) before the date of enactment of this Act. Such award shall continue to be subject to the requirements to which such funds were subject under that section before the date of enactment of this Act.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCE05AEF1C4A6435BBF1187C19A33D2A3"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline"> Post-doctoral fellowship program</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amendment made by subsection (c) of this section shall not affect any award of a post-doctoral fellowship or other form of financial assistance made under section 19 of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/278g-2">15 U.S.C. 278g–2</external-xref>) before the date of enactment of this Act. Such awards shall continue to be subject to the requirements to which such funds were subject under that section before the date of enactment of this Act.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide5566bb4-b4a9-4207-b7a9-2bee0eea45bf" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>307.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Presidential awards for excellence in STEM mentoring</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3be0f744-f9c0-4560-847c-60123ed3dc97"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Director of the Foundation shall continue to administer awards on behalf of the Office of Science and Technology Policy to recognize outstanding mentoring in STEM fields.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0874459b-a6b7-4505-956b-87c9b734ee7e"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Annual award recipients</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Director of the Foundation shall provide Congress with a list of award recipients, including the name, institution, and a brief synopsis of the impact of the mentoring efforts.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idea12f64b-2da8-49be-942e-1662474e6eda" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>308.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Working group on inclusion in STEM fields</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3022f595-9bfb-48d7-9e1c-fe9a400f1526"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Establishment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Office of Science and Technology Policy, in collaboration with Federal departments and agencies, shall establish an interagency working group to compile and summarize available research and best practices on how to promote diversity and inclusions in STEM fields and examine whether barriers exist to promoting diversity and inclusion within Federal agencies employing scientists and engineers.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida8f264ad-068f-4596-8111-213816748b54"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Responsibilities</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The working group shall be responsible for reviewing and assessing research, best practices, and policies across Federal science agencies related to the inclusion of individuals identified in sections 33 and 34 of the Science and Engineering Equal Opportunities Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1885a">42 U.S.C. 1885a</external-xref>, 1885b) in the Federal STEM workforce, including available research and best practices on how to promote diversity and inclusion in STEM fields, including—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7250c902-a987-463b-a4d4-ce9d21baa61f"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">policies providing flexibility for scientists and engineers that are also caregivers, particularly on the timing of research grants;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida71979dd-b1d1-4884-9ffe-53178125d38e"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">policies to address the proper handling of claims of sexual harassment;</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id24439463-af2b-4724-90d5-2de24650ff5c"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">policies to minimize the effects of implicit bias and other systemic factors in hiring, promotion, evaluation and the workplace in general; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id97fdad49-d796-4c68-bf32-34d505805c62"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">other evidence-based strategies that the working group considers effective for promoting diversity and inclusion in the STEM fields.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id18483253-8a72-44b4-82f2-4a77a078c54e"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Stakeholder input</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In carrying out the responsibilities under section (b), the working group shall solicit and consider input and recommendations from non-Federal stakeholders, including—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idcc7eec1f-f5d5-438a-80e9-0a96781c62d6"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Council of Advisors on Science and Technology;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3ee84775-f75c-41e9-a85d-a29bcfac9a1c"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">federally funded and non-federally funded researchers, institutions of higher education, scientific disciplinary societies, and associations;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id262b0765-94ff-41b5-9d0a-25eca9e3e53d"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">nonprofit research institutions;</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id44edf4ba-6f76-49b8-aaa4-7396dea176ab"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">industry, including small businesses;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8ec4a22c-4767-4893-b17e-2ffd8c78e186"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">federally funded research and development centers;</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7f9e81ab-e908-4008-8715-a0a4e79b6077"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">non-governmental organizations; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4adb07e1-26aa-48a3-8f3b-2ee791cc2c64"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">such other members of the public interested in promoting a diverse and inclusive Federal STEM workforce.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id59a322a4-05c4-4a1f-804a-5d3cf705f231"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Public reports</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, and periodically thereafter, the working group shall publish a report on the review and assessment under subsection (b), including a summary of available research and best practices, any recommendations for Federal actions to promote a diverse and inclusive Federal STEM workforce, and updates on the implementation of previous recommendations for Federal actions.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6a47d6b9-3448-448d-8428-0ab3d774ad1c"><enum>(e)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Termination</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The interagency working group established under subsection (a) shall terminate on the date that is 10 years after the date that it is established.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9ddca41b-f5c7-4bcd-a590-281a3b5eac84" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>309.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Improving undergraduate STEM experiences</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0a31ffaf-be76-4ede-aabc-7d29a931500a"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Sense of Congress</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">It is the sense of Congress that each Federal science agency should invest in and expand research opportunities for undergraduate students attending institutions of higher education during the undergraduate students' first 2 academic years of postsecondary education.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3950ebfa-dab0-4048-8922-4443c87d699c"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Identification of research programs</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the head of each Federal agency shall submit to the President recommendations regarding how the agency could best fulfill the goals described in subsection (a).</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id62ac45e9-c29d-4edf-9b67-39842bd36219" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>310.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Computer science education research</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4682bce8-340e-4921-8292-cfc5cde80ef9"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Findings</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Congress finds that as the lead Federal agency for building the research knowledge base for computer science education, the Foundation is well positioned to make investments that will accelerate ongoing efforts to enable rigorous and engaging computer science throughout the Nation as an integral part of STEM education.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3fdcfa36-661e-4949-99e2-3d4fcb87cd9a"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Grant program</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id217063e0-de26-4f28-83a5-1ff5b5d2a6f9"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Director of the Foundation shall award grants to eligible entities to research computer science education and computational thinking.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1820e615-5e72-4ff4-b08d-f5e719738945"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Research</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The research described in paragraph (1) may include the development or adaptation, piloting or full implementation, and testing of—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1b6f8a07-bb06-4dea-bbbd-f7be5ca3ba9d"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">models of preservice preparation for teachers who will teach computer science and computational thinking;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0e177666-c159-402d-9f53-4bf7a2e71e41"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">scalable and sustainable models of professional development and ongoing support for the teachers described in subparagraph (A);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id60748803-98fe-469c-8e5a-c0690cc85841"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">tools and models for teaching and learning aimed at supporting student success and inclusion in computing within and across diverse populations, particularly poor, rural, and tribal populations and other populations that have been historically underrepresented in computer science and STEM fields; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id91a939c6-f0a0-4525-96f2-274db26654ea"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">high-quality learning opportunities for teaching computer science and, especially in poor, rural, or tribal schools at the elementary school and middle school levels, for integrating computational thinking into STEM teaching and learning.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8ee74033-6f42-46cf-b182-d3b65d35aeb4"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Collaborations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In carrying out the grants established in subsection (b), eligible entities may collaborate and partner with local or remote schools to support the integration of computing and computational thinking within pre-kindergarten through grade 12 STEM curricula and instruction.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id605dee13-5c87-45e9-ad55-5e508ec6ba4b"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Metrics</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Director of the Foundation shall develop metrics to measure the success of the grant program funded under this section in achieving program goals.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id17DF52681BA34CE1BD912583CE5A8273"><enum>(e)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Director of the Foundation shall report, in the annual budget submission to Congress, on the success of the program as measured by the metrics in subsection (d).</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id46db5984-4d06-49a3-a034-fcfbb91ac456"><enum>(f)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Definition of eligible entity</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section, the term <term>eligible entity</term> means an institution of higher education or a nonprofit research organization.</text> </subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id55D2AA93445B4786B27F907F35DBF316" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>311.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Informal STEM education</header> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0E03ED503E9C4620A62EFD19FA6A362D"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">National STEM partnership grants</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 3(a) of the STEM Education Act of 2015 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1862q">42 U.S.C. 1862q(a)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9AE5227252704E2D955CA8F348771865"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (1), by striking <quote>; and</quote> and inserting a semicolon;</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB49F85236A34442288A2BA55C9A7F0AD"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (2), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7E382D4CF1C949B49005DD7B93C1D284"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6EDC581A8A5F4CC0B708D42A980E5D7D" style="OLC"> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id778F1F34AAEB41758053AC0CAFD1E132"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a national partnership of institutions involved in informal STEM learning.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFD9A2C69F04F48FAA0DBFB64D3E420B1"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Use of funds</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 3(b) of the STEM Education Act of 2015 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1862q">42 U.S.C. 1862q(b)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF81CDB7637C44CE9A3D3F701C6E62AA4"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (1), by striking <quote>; and</quote> and inserting a semicolon;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id009DB5AEA01A499486C0F26AFDB61F37"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (2), by striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB88A78C8B0494A048865CB10E6D10C11"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida411407f10b245c78800b2fedb53471c"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">fostering on-going partnerships between institutions involved in informal STEM learning, institutions of higher education, and education research centers; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0f1328221adb410b90d6088c27eea30f"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">developing, and making available informal STEM education activities and educational materials.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6E0FB16A1C2A407D8978FBA3BB9FEA9D" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>312.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Developing STEM apprenticeships</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc767407475634ca9a7d2c40f5be9a69b"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Findings</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Congress makes the following findings:</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf75f66d1040040c7813b61e158bf0641"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The lack of data on the return on investment for United States employers using registered apprenticeships makes it difficult—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0D4F5DC64A0E4214866F73C3883F521C"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to communicate the value of these programs to businesses; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id52C22EC0D1AA4EF6AAA27FD2593A4B4F"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to expand registered apprenticeships.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idafe0ac4920344a8789f79ef2efafbb62"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The lack of data on the value and impact of employer-provided worker training, which is likely substantial, hinders the ability of the Federal Government to formulate policy related to workforce training.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idaee5712031c044369d1cb21a04542501"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of Commerce has initiated—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5BA5039E5A7346DE8D2105CF479C65BD"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the first study on the return on investment for United States employers using registered apprenticeships through case studies of firms in various sectors, occupations, and geographic locations to provide the business community with data on employer benefits and costs; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF7700403AFB84E7099FDD29089903525"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">discussions with officials at relevant Federal agencies about the need to collect comprehensive data on—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD85829C48D344013A275928D267F9A8B"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">employer-provided worker training; and</text> </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2837BC6D434C4E4588A3D1719B927EE8"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">existing tools that could be used to collect such data.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5EA4D3A2F1B84DCF8246BA686CF7756C"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Development of apprenticeship information</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of Commerce shall continue to research the value to businesses of utilizing apprenticeship programs, including—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf0732f1ca463495ba03dc3addd03faa4"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">evidence of return on investment of apprenticeships, including estimates for the average time it takes a business to recover the costs associated with training apprentices; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id597d654a1bda4de285125daf54dbd136"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">data from the United States Census Bureau and other statistical surveys on employer-provided training, including apprenticeships and other on-the-job training and industry-recognized certification programs.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd1b94757def641c28d8259bf06941c3b"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Dissemination of apprenticeship information</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of Commerce shall disseminate findings from research on apprenticeships to businesses and other relevant stakeholders, including—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDED48D085A3E477FA8480A571F505466"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">institutions of higher education;</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0A001DC3DE0344ED94337F2FDC6CDAC8"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">State and local chambers of commerce; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC148777A74F84D59A2386E68C20675F0"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">workforce training organizations.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC06CA052E6BA443AB53FFAD3B0224596"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">New apprenticeship program study</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of Commerce may collaborate with the Secretary of Labor to study approaches for reducing the cost of creating new apprenticeship programs and hosting apprentices for businesses, particularly small businesses, including—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1757BCA30CA9443C8B0E88D0F8DA2331"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">training sharing agreements;</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9663C33690334E65A13C86D81A98E49F"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">group training models; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA8F5BDAD30C54FEF8BAF2903B007D7EB"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">pooling resources and best practices.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6B9136207C7D482795720C1BFB16738D"><enum>(e)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Economic Development Administration grants</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/3701">15 U.S.C. 3701 et seq.</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idEFB707DF810F4FFBA09998C95C7B2FB2" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>28.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">STEM apprenticeship programs</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDFC842C157204DD4B25B3E1B348BCEBE"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of Commerce may carry out a grant program to identify the need for skilled science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (referred to in this section as <quote>STEM</quote>) workers and to expand STEM apprenticeship programs.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id986c8afe3c5749838b6c3ceaa99a4845"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Eligible recipient defined</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section, the term <term>eligible recipient</term> means—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2d1322e65548488d8391035eec36a8ee"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a State;</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3d517b0394314ffa8113179358641630"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an Indian tribe;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb4e70c5674174d2b9bd51057a727c873"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a city or other political subdivision of a State;</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id08df48d219c246e99564cd9a8445bfd7"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an entity that—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id928e8d5a85374914921ff4bca98e0f0d"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is a nonprofit organization, an institution of higher education, a public-private partnership, a science or research park, a Federal laboratory, or an economic development organization or similar entity; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id730b120208f94bf1b6fc678d33d199d7"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">has an application that is supported by a State, a political subdivision of a State, or a native organization; or</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1793be2870a644c998b2fa1237c72237"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a consortium of any of the entities described in paragraphs (1) through (5).</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDA5DA061FA08437BA6A5496149D678BD"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Needs assessment grants</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of Commerce may provide a grant to an eligible recipient to conduct a needs assessment to identify—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id421E194E8501442B8FBE8C86A1211970"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the unmet need of a region’s employer base for skilled STEM workers;</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id786FB5734BBC4926B71DBF4C4DF0EA27"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the potential of STEM apprenticeships to address the unmet need described in paragraph (1); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id522C36EE4F584A11A31E9F697FB8463F"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any barriers to addressing the unmet need described in paragraph (1).</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id55870D0F3761401DA28E09C7BE1DE5FD"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Apprenticeship expansion grants</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of Commerce may provide a grant to an eligible recipient that has conducted a needs assessment as described in subsection (c)(1) to develop infrastructure to expand STEM apprenticeship programs.</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8AC40FB712D9487CA83AF7DF1BB7CA7E" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>313.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">NSF report on broadening participation</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 204(e) of the National Science Foundation Authorization Act of 1988 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1885c">42 U.S.C. 1885c(e)</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text>
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<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id500933423C914E41B675C2BCF3AE21D8"><enum>(e)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Biennial report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Every 2 years, the Committee shall prepare and submit to the Director a report on its activities during the previous 2 years and proposed activities for the next 2 years. The Director shall submit to Congress the report, unaltered, together with such comments as the Director considers appropriate, including—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id89856B5102B74BDF899D813DC0B60F09"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">review data on the participation in Foundation activities of institutions serving populations that are underrepresented in STEM disciplines, including poor, rural, and tribal populations; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5EED6C369B7247A5B3F911D28E572FC4"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">recommendations regarding how the Foundation could improve outreach and inclusion of these populations in Foundation activities.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id031fa2ad7afd4be2ad3812c0436c1be1" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>314.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">NOAA science education programs</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3303527d8fc04f129d8df4ad7f62f27a"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 4002(a) of the America COMPETES Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/893a">33 U.S.C. 893a(a)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>agency, with consideration given to the goal of promoting the participation of individuals from underrepresented groups</quote> and inserting <quote>the agency, with consideration given to the goal of promoting the participation of individuals identified in sections 33 and 34 of the Science and Engineering Equal Opportunities Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1885a">42 U.S.C. 1885a</external-xref>, 1885b)</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id513A0AEFAE6F45108BB0727F3E81BAD6"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Educational program goals</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 4002(b)(4) of the America COMPETES Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/893a">33 U.S.C. 893a(b)(4)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE24B73598C9C4510AD8B4966BE27E273"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (B), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD8F6341395634001AE260800D3CB235B"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating subparagraph (C) and subparagraph (D);</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idEA974B47B266492984CFA5D2329A329E"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting after subparagraph (B) the following:</text>
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<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd29e762ba9894df5b6efa5230042d514"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">are designed considering the unique needs of underrepresented groups, translating such materials and other resources;</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC08E13145F654F759C5CCA11B970B9A7"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7E7D5789CED44B06BD50949D9418C6C0" style="OLC"> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1955f8a2a0db4cf38b5ba6c7ee27ea39"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">are promoted widely, especially among individuals identified in sections 33 and 34 of the Science and Engineering Equal Opportunities Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1885a">42 U.S.C. 1885a</external-xref>, 1885b); and</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb3e44a3f290441e2b744df80ce0f7f25"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Metrics</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 4002 of the America COMPETES Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/893a">33 U.S.C. 893a</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6E0D428A7C4945CDA7AB714FE56CEF76"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating subsections (d) and (e) as subsections (e) and (f), respectively; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida73ba5867ad243ab8fa191fb3193142e"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding after section (c) the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCB850929528E4DE29333AB4D1ECD9D56" style="OLC"> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idbce0ce54742843b2892a6186069c0ab9"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Metrics</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In executing the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration science education plan under subsection (c), the Administrator shall maintain a comprehensive system for evaluating the Administration's educational programs and activities. In so doing, the Administrator shall ensure that such education programs have measurable objectives and milestones as well as clear, documented metrics for evaluating programs. For each such education program or portfolio of similar programs, the Administrator shall—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idceb308847f094a81a62e252daa9b604b"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">encourage the collection of evidence as relevant to the measurable objectives and milestones; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8d44cceef5044f8faa1376d2422a30ea"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">ensure that program or portfolio evaluations focus on educational outcomes and not just inputs, activities completed, or the number of participants.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id23f1c34e44b44bf9b30be6be6cab00c7" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>315.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Hispanic-serving institutions undergraduate program update</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id83494354E3924030993DF7E6EED69DE9"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 7033(a) of the America COMPETES Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1862o-12">42 U.S.C. 1862o–12(a)</external-xref>) is amended as follows:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6C35466B7DED49E1BD09C2D9A8769A29" style="OLC"> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd0addf9f4bb54c2e8a8f1500089c1892"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Director shall award grants on a competitive, merit-reviewed basis to Hispanic-serving institutions (as defined in section 502 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1101a">20 U.S.C. 1101a</external-xref>)) to enhance the quality of undergraduate STEM education at such institutions and to increase the retention and graduation rates of students pursuing associate's or baccalaureate degrees in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idec4382ff-f43e-4a35-9cab-d235d4efcfb9"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Savings provision</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amendment made by subsection (a) of this section shall not affect any award of a grant or other form of financial assistance made under section 7033 of the America COMPETES Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1862o-12">42 U.S.C. 1862o–12</external-xref>) before the date of enactment of this Act. Such awards shall continue to be subject to the requirements to which such funds were subject under that section before the date of enactment of this Act.</text>
</subsection></section><enum>IV</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Leveraging the private sector</header>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2560d858-7b2b-4004-aa68-d6667a2a4b4b" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>401.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Prize competition authority update</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id961A7BC2B7994A948FAEBEEE9814DC36"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Short title</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">This section may be cited as the <quote><short-title>Science Prize Competition Act</short-title></quote>.</text> </subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE225688131F648AC841C84CD016B8D6A"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idca3169ba-360c-46fb-9ae2-5fbe77ae8949"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (c)—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf0439e33-91e0-4078-95b2-93fe5c975863"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the subsection heading, by striking <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Prizes</header-in-text></quote> and by inserting <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Prize competitions</header-in-text></quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id096e200a-9822-4c8e-87f8-55d73e4af783"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking <quote>prize may be one or more of the following</quote> and inserting <quote>prize competition may be 1 or more of the following types of activities</quote>;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc1ccab4a-4507-42f2-a84e-d20b68dc291b"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (2), by inserting <quote>competition</quote> after <quote>prize</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id691a5721-7f57-4c92-bd78-50740b5bdc21"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraphs (3) and (4), by striking <quote>prizes</quote> and inserting <quote>prize competitions</quote>;</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idbdc6b954-fd10-496e-950e-c24384df3c8a"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (f)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id305d7588-d1c9-4301-b92b-d96de735ee90"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking <quote>in the Federal Register</quote> and inserting <quote>on a publicly accessible Government website, such as www.challenge.gov,</quote>;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id28b5bb68-b72f-4c2b-9666-724be680b1c6"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraphs (1), (2), and (3), by inserting <quote>prize</quote> before <quote>competition</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2852a7c1-225e-4e15-9574-0eb45864eac3"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (4), by striking <quote>prize</quote> and inserting <quote>cash prize purse or non-cash prize award</quote>;</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf13c4056-d591-4dee-b523-e362806e1d01"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (g)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id46e721a6-bb02-4484-a190-d2a02015c4d8"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking <quote>prize</quote> and inserting <quote>cash prize purse</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id94c3c238-dde8-483d-ba71-f5a43318f491"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (1), by inserting <quote>prize</quote> before <quote>competition</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idbda0cde4-e628-4e16-bb80-fb3a33ae8764"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (h), by inserting <quote>prize</quote> before <quote>competition</quote> each place it appears;</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id975215fa-8297-4e80-a287-2a7e6e481308"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (i)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd91bc2b2-ddf6-41e2-88ef-69f3a14f334f"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (1)(B), by inserting <quote>prize</quote> before <quote>competition</quote>;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id226bb475-2ec9-4770-a99c-cc75e7686822"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (2)(A), by inserting <quote>prize</quote> before <quote>competition</quote> each place it appears;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id22d8c698-f7f7-4bcb-9dae-fd998862059d"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (4); and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3709cb28-4a94-44c9-8848-95fce573a9b9"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting after paragraph (2) the following:</text>
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<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idaf1b955c-d2b3-4b3a-90a2-95fc84592feb"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Waivers</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idcf026bb8-4e6e-4c71-9137-34222ea7f39f"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An agency may waive the requirement under paragraph (2).</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id653f0a53-4c30-4fab-831e-a1f0890c5661"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">List</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Director shall include a list of all of the waivers granted under this paragraph during the preceding fiscal year, including a detailed explanation of the reason for granting the waiver.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8d613881-5f0b-497a-ae99-e8edde44d852"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (j)—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5a68812b-ac4c-44a1-8a41-e64550724fca"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (1), by inserting <quote>prize</quote> before <quote>competition</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc340d588-002b-4eca-b694-b274a1c7c2d5"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by amending paragraph (2) to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8d68718e-16ae-485a-a3d4-85559d36b214" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id06e578e9-6e92-4068-855c-0e2e21073417"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Licenses</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">As appropriate and to further the goals of a prize competition, the Federal Government may negotiate a license for the use of intellectual property developed by a registered participant in a prize competition.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2d4f3aa1-e303-4585-b9cc-ef40cab68cad"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (k)—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id49e6d59d-24de-44f1-ae42-2fd547fd0a55"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (1), by striking <quote>each competition</quote> and inserting <quote>each prize competition</quote> each place it appears;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id23893b5d-ceda-4da3-b3b1-d093e2c60eb7"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (2)(A), by inserting <quote>prize</quote> before <quote>competition</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id30f84703-087b-419b-93d2-a21ab8549171"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (3), by inserting <quote>prize</quote> before <quote>competitions</quote> each place it appears;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf0ba5825-d216-4000-bdf9-0c1a33c7835a"><enum>(8)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (l), by striking <quote>an agreement with</quote> and all that follows through the period at the end and inserting <quote>a grant, contract, cooperative agreement, or other agreement with a private sector for-profit or nonprofit entity or State or local government agency to administer the prize competition, subject to the provisions of this section.</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idea802453-8e17-47a1-a1a7-3d84e23088ca"><enum>(9)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (m)—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id93e4ed2b-2685-423b-b979-f50914f6fdd8"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by amending paragraph (1) to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id16127438-e750-4500-b2c8-c9d028399721" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf79c698d-786c-4371-b101-736b0444e162"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 request and accept funds from other Federal agencies, State, United States territory, local, or tribal government agencies, private sector for-profit entities, and nonprofit entities, to be available to the extent provided by appropriations Acts, to support such prize competitions. The head of an agency may not give any special consideration to any agency or entity in return for a donation.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7b5dda58-8bed-42b6-aec0-2008044c943e"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (2), by striking <quote>prize awards</quote> and inserting <quote>cash prize purses or non-cash prize awards</quote>;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id772dd8ed-52d7-47e8-a5c3-7ad26a84fac1"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (3)—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id984c608e-0efc-4213-9ae9-34a09c5a1c90"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by amending subparagraph (A) to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id384f2f0f-08eb-40eb-852a-91365032e2b6" style="OLC"> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idcccf3e30-4a36-4664-bbb7-feaa44314ab2"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Announcement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">No prize competition may be announced under subsection (f) until all the funds needed to pay out the announced amount of the cash prize purse have been appropriated or committed in writing by a private or State, United States territory, local, or tribal government source.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="iddb230592-11cf-427e-9ec0-55966eeb946d"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (B)—</text> <subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2366c234-fdce-43fc-bb99-0aa4f989c120"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking <quote>a prize</quote> and inserting <quote>a cash prize purse or non-cash prize award</quote>;</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5140a081-b7f8-47ff-b8f4-0cde75ee8246"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in clause (i), by inserting <quote>competition</quote> after <quote>prize</quote>; and</text> </subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2b1064d9-da88-4497-a27a-25d03e59b0c2"><enum>(III)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in clause (ii), by inserting <quote>or State, United States territory, local, or tribal government</quote> after <quote>private</quote>; and</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id727c2d93-ac7e-4b93-845f-91a1007d83e0"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (4)—</text> <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idef4c3da6-d121-4b3d-92d2-1957aa72a77e"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (A)—</text>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id63acfc7c-3a04-4f71-b5b8-5a53767eef4f"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>a prize</quote> and inserting <quote>a cash prize purse or a non-cash prize award</quote>; and</text> </subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id90b6567c-ffe3-4584-91a3-95e3e61e6aff"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>Science and Technology</quote> and inserting <quote>Science, Space, and Technology</quote>; and</text>
</subclause></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf80abc29-646d-4edc-9cf2-1878176a52f7"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (B), by striking <quote>cash prizes</quote> and inserting <quote>cash prize purses or non-cash prize awards</quote>;</text> </clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id62ce40ce-6d35-4f82-801d-72c9226d72cf"><enum>(10)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (n)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idbae031c7-d6ab-444c-8362-a9b8bbc67517"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the heading, by striking <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Service</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Services</header-in-text></quote>;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id42e4da94-5ef7-44b0-bd95-45e23a430ea0"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>the date of the enactment of the America COMPETES Reauthorization Act of 2010,</quote> and inserting <quote>the date of enactment of the <short-title>American Innovation and Competitiveness Act</short-title>,</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id65d600f1-7483-4a4c-9fb2-f54f9ed4bf2c"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting <quote>for both for-profit and nonprofit entities and State, United States territory, local, and tribal government entities,</quote> after <quote>contract vehicle</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idaa41cab2-65aa-4397-b409-6568bc966f59"><enum>(11)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (o)(1), by striking <quote>or providing a prize</quote> and inserting <quote>a prize competition or providing a cash prize purse or non-cash prize award</quote>; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida3de4886-7b7e-488b-af49-82c60ea6a647"><enum>(12)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (p)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0dc99842-b06e-4de5-9041-33447df4569a"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the heading, by striking <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Annual</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Biennial</header-in-text></quote>;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id158b597d-48a2-4dc7-85c0-0d0a24b64ee3"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (1)—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id03f51092-55fa-43fd-a8a7-b2df3fe96954"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>each year</quote> and inserting <quote>every other year</quote>;</text> </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2cae4f31-56a1-4040-a740-5119e779ea86"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>Science and Technology</quote> and inserting <quote>Science, Space, and Technology</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida36352a4-c600-47db-8dfa-e01d3a61c03e"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>fiscal year</quote> and inserting <quote>2 fiscal years</quote>; and</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6ff7795a-4698-4b09-8b5b-718963cef8f6"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (2)—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3ee07540-a0d3-4abe-9058-c5cb6dd27a85"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>The report for a fiscal year</quote> and inserting <quote>A report</quote>;</text> </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id76412846-ec92-431f-8493-9b27a0a89691"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (C)—</text>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida4002c08-ca3c-4c2c-a3b6-636e95c012bd"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the heading, by striking <quote><header-in-text level="subparagraph" style="OLC">prizes</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="subparagraph" style="OLC">prize purses or non-cash prize awards</header-in-text></quote>; and</text> </subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id68151205-639e-405b-a04f-13b299d566ff"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>cash prizes</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>cash prize purses or non-cash prize awards</quote>; and</text>
</subclause></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idfcf4645b-1e9b-42b1-bc49-b0040d9f193b"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id35388a79-fe5a-4baa-8043-eff898fe3937" style="OLC"> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idef8e759d-ed44-445d-888c-70baed1ad512"><enum>(G)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Plan</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A description of crosscutting topical areas and agency-specific mission needs that may be the strongest opportunities for prize competitions during the upcoming 2 fiscal years.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc675e4e0-f615-4d4a-8ad5-b9cc94092dde" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>402.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Crowdsourcing and citizen science</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0B4DB3223AD24154B869000E958C6187"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Short title</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">This section may be cited as the <quote><short-title>Crowdsourcing and Citizen Science Act</short-title></quote>.</text> </subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id06677096-007a-4480-84e0-2f5dae612942"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Sense of Congress</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">It is the sense of Congress that—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8c5ad477-b4d2-4383-9f9c-73a120de4b59"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the authority granted to Federal agencies under the America COMPETES Reauthorization Act of 2010 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/111/358">Public Law 111–358</external-xref>; 124 Stat. 3982) to pursue the use of incentive prizes and challenges has yielded numerous benefits;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id332f913e-a3c4-4164-9b1e-dc38c9d9b6b4"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">crowdsourcing and citizen science projects have a number of additional unique benefits, including accelerating scientific research, increasing cost effectiveness to maximize the return on taxpayer dollars, addressing societal needs, providing hands-on learning in STEM, and connecting members of the public directly to Federal science agency missions and to each other; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="iddaf97555-08c3-4876-b9f7-7415554ce35d"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">granting Federal science agencies the direct, explicit authority to use crowdsourcing and citizen science will encourage its appropriate use to advance Federal science agency missions and stimulate and facilitate broader public participation in the innovation process, yielding numerous benefits to the Federal Government and citizens who participate in such projects.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idfd2dde76-28e7-46d8-9a82-ce5ac1e5e52e"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Definitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section:</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb4cf3e8f-d2da-4059-9219-129746e5925c"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Citizen science</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>citizen science</term> means a form of open collaboration in which individuals or organizations participate voluntarily in the scientific process in various ways, including—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id22754e70-c114-40c8-8952-96f356136e2f"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">enabling the formulation of research questions;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb82e5de5-0fcb-400f-95f4-cc51f1beded9"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">creating and refining project design;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4d6cdce7-1a84-4008-ac04-4be27fc68901"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">conducting scientific experiments;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5938d077-21ad-4004-a9b6-b7bf62048ef6"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">collecting and analyzing data;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idbc7b4e6f-2391-4029-90ce-c068db294066"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">interpreting the results of data;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id01e0df1b-d1cb-420a-81bf-42d2f7e76493"><enum>(F)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">developing technologies and applications;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idcae3f9d3-1191-4f0a-991f-e0ab40f78d5e"><enum>(G)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">making discoveries; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida81eafd9-48c4-4f14-99a0-2e99e6c63e27"><enum>(H)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">solving problems.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id09d31de6-4c7a-4e1a-9f6d-5ed3ef1123ed"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Crowdsourcing</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>crowdsourcing</term> means a method to obtain needed services, ideas, or content by soliciting voluntary contributions from a group of individuals or organizations, especially from an online community.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6c4f62d5-bf76-4585-8f8d-15ab596ac6d9"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Participant</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>participant</term> means any individual or other entity that has volunteered in a crowdsourcing or citizen science project under this section.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1752dbaa-7690-4bbd-872f-7716463251fe"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Crowdsourcing and citizen science</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4dc29bdc-e142-4db7-9e88-5ffcc61d7bb3"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The head of each Federal science agency, or the heads of multiple Federal science agencies working cooperatively, may utilize crowdsourcing and citizen science to conduct projects designed to advance the mission of the respective Federal science agency or the joint mission of Federal science agencies, as applicable.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id925e8706-4b5b-43b6-955a-91e49df565f5"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Voluntary services</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding section 1342 of title 31, United States Code, the head of a Federal science agency may accept, subject to regulations issued by the Director of the Office of Personnel Management, in coordination with the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy, services from participants under this section if such services—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id23319e55-054b-4d60-87de-a46c278e1d89"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">are performed voluntarily as a part of a crowdsourcing or citizen science project authorized under paragraph (1);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id18befe40-aa85-4c93-8473-a6764f3e7d7c"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">are not financially compensated for their time; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id761c9366-42d8-4bac-86a4-bd2622f79253"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">will not be used to displace any employee of the Federal Government.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id360d423c-89e1-4f3b-8c90-89812cef6576"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Outreach</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The head of each Federal science agency engaged in a crowdsourcing or citizen science project under this section shall make public and promote such project to encourage broad participation.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd1662fe3-da6f-485d-b809-a130f6fdda49"><enum>(4)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Consent, registration, and terms of use</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id14934f55-58ab-4faf-909b-5a7fe5fd6e88"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each Federal science agency shall determine the appropriate level of consent, registration, or acknowledgment of the terms of use that are required from participants in crowdsourcing or citizen science projects under this section on a per-project basis.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0236a96f-f3ec-4b74-9a48-a18b218b0eb8"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Disclosures</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In seeking consent, conducting registration, or developing terms of use for a project under this subsection, a Federal science agency shall disclose the privacy, intellectual property, data ownership, compensation, service, program, and other terms of use to the participant in a clear and reasonable manner.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9031b340-7759-4aeb-89bf-567b0b70c194"><enum>(C)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Mode of consent</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A Federal agency or Federal science agencies, as applicable, may obtain consent electronically or in written form from participants under this section.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7a50120c-2c35-4614-92d1-5ee11f569516"><enum>(5)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Protections for human subjects</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any crowdsourcing or citizen science project under this section that involves research involving human subjects shall be subject to part 46 of title 28, Code of Federal Regulations (or any successor regulation).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1134b228-d3c1-4d31-95db-8ce1001b03f2"><enum>(6)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Data</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9e927c16-50d4-4b15-9341-acac19117495"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A Federal science agency shall, where appropriate and to the extent practicable, make data collected through a crowdsourcing or citizen science project under this section available to the public, in a machine readable format, unless prohibited by law.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id139ccdd8-beb3-4442-9356-2fcc9fef922b"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notice</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">As part of the consent process, the Federal science agency shall notify all participants—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id74fadfa2-195e-45ab-86aa-a2d751218819"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">of the expected uses of the data compiled through the project;</text> </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc5437cfc-4540-476c-bdfd-6543d27df70b"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">if the Federal science agency will retain ownership of such data;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idbdc19516-d0fa-48e9-b1b7-6b2f58f3e433"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">if and how the data and results from the project would be made available for public or third party use; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idfc3354e6-e0ee-405a-b32e-744d91cf6574"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">if participants are authorized to publish such data.</text> </clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc906ed45-c097-4d65-bccd-ca64269a9d01"><enum>(7)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Technologies and applications</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Federal science agencies shall endeavor to make technologies, applications, code, and derivations of such intellectual property developed through a crowdsourcing or citizen science project under this section available to the public.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id26dec5b8-7241-44c6-8f96-9031bb2808f8"><enum>(8)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Liability</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each participant in a crowdsourcing or citizen science project under this section shall agree—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7f463d43-704e-4fd6-954d-c3c828b736e5"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to assume any and all risks associated with such participation; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id46ed8542-6076-4c52-b1b1-ffd3e63cb242"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to waive all claims against the Federal Government and its related entities, except for claims based on willful misconduct, for any injury, death, damage, or loss of property, revenue, or profits (whether direct, indirect, or consequential) arising from participation in the project.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id06e9ea35-e2b9-4e6b-8d94-34d5a38a7018"><enum>(9)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Research misconduct</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Federal science agencies coordinating crowdsourcing or citizen science projects under this section shall make all practicable efforts to ensure that participants adhere to all relevant Federal research misconduct policies and other applicable ethics policies.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc8510c2b-d7a7-424c-9972-4e58a79da183"><enum>(10)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Multi-sector partnerships</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The head of each Federal science agency engaged in crowdsourcing or citizen science under this section, or the heads of multiple Federal science agencies working cooperatively, may enter into a contract or other agreement to share administrative duties for such projects with—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc4331c1d-dfce-48d1-afda-e344b1e946ca"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a for profit or nonprofit private sector entity, including a private institution of higher education;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf3fea845-9974-4387-aced-fbe1376ac7fb"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a State, tribal, local, or foreign government agency, including a public institution of higher education; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id813a1076-1785-4961-afd6-ef669c524223"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a public-private partnership.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2bebf5ae-227a-4d01-9b07-8a788a4479b7"><enum>(11)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Funding</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In carrying out crowdsourcing and citizen science projects under this section, the head of a Federal science agency, or the heads of multiple Federal science agencies working cooperatively—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id005ecab6-16be-4fc3-affe-cf4595b408ca"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">may use funds appropriated by Congress;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idac9f1881-0b8a-4d0c-8632-68fe025fd78b"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">may publicize projects and solicit and accept funds or in-kind support for such projects, to be available to the extent provided by appropriations Acts, from—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idcac95c11-9a64-492a-8e9b-97a64d7f546b"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">other Federal agencies;</text> </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida82a2b96-f1bd-4c8e-899f-8b02739fbad0"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">for profit or nonprofit private sector entities, including private institutions of higher education; or</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id72d53116-8697-44e9-a9ce-a75bb054869f"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">State, tribal, local, or foreign government agencies, including public institutions of higher education; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id891377da-d3d4-44c1-8d44-1906918805f3"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">may not give any special consideration to any entity described in subparagraph (B) in return for such funds or in-kind support.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc5b88fff-dd7a-431f-aa85-65982ca70b11"><enum>(12)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Facilitation</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9f4bbe48-53d8-4f12-8688-d049ba6dbc13"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">General Services Administration assistance</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Administrator of the General Services Administration, in coordination with the Director of the Office of Personnel Management and the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy, shall, at no cost to Federal science agencies, identify and develop relevant products, training, and services to facilitate the use of crowdsourcing and citizen science projects under this section, including by specifying the appropriate contract vehicles and technology and organizational platforms to enhance the ability of Federal science agencies to carry out the projects under this section.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide5d407fe-0b72-4bf3-861a-5da75e45526b"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Additional guidance</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The head of each Federal science agency engaged in crowdsourcing or citizen science under this section may—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7d075267-fdec-40d2-b466-062329f9560a"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">consult any guidance provided by the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy, including the Federal Crowdsourcing and Citizen Science Toolkit;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id42132e49-1bd1-4ae2-87f7-dcf84a9ad168"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">designate a coordinator for that Federal science agency’s crowdsourcing and citizen science projects; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide3faca72-1db5-49e6-badd-d11a9e36d6d3"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">share best practices with other Federal agencies, including participation of staff in the Federal Community of Practice for Crowdsourcing and Citizen Science.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf63a8518-9651-4c5a-abe1-5aa544fd71f3"><enum>(e)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Report</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1b741a84-46ab-44a0-9dff-f8d653c798b4"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 2 years after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy shall include, as a component of an annual report required under section 24(p) of the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/3719">15 U.S.C. 3719(p)</external-xref>), a report on the projects and activities carried out under this section.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idad438499-2618-408e-b60f-521f27aab34f"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Information included</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The report required under paragraph (1) shall include—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id14eca7fc-f0e5-4c96-baad-0bcbdea7af8b"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a summary of each crowdsourcing and citizen science project conducted by a Federal science agency during the most recently completed 2 fiscal years, including a description of the proposed goals of each crowdsourcing and citizen science project;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBF8B5A2C486A434CA42C99264EC1F972"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an analysis of why the utilization of a crowdsourcing or citizen science project summarized in subparagraph (A) was the preferable method of achieving the goals described in subparagraph (A) as opposed to other authorities available to the Federal science agency, such as contracts, grants, cooperative agreements, and prize competitions;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd1487567-4628-46b8-8a05-e3fdbc9f47d3"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the participation rates, submission levels, number of consents, and any other statistic that might be considered relevant in each crowdsourcing and citizen science project;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id28f2bd66-8668-4bc8-8f80-d3fe2b809947"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a detailed description of—</text> <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc6b73e32-8f2d-43d8-9858-f093a912606d"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the resources, including personnel and funding, that were used in the execution of each crowdsourcing and citizen science project;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8d2e39b9-b4f5-43ee-b059-bf290dd7407a"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the project activities for which such resources were used; and</text> </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb3a7b443-88c3-4175-9c7c-8256475bbe4c"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">how the obligations and expenditures relating to the project’s execution were allocated among the accounts of the Federal science agency, including a description of the amount and source of all funds, private, public, and in-kind, contributed to each crowdsourcing and citizen science project;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idaf00dcc0-0b38-4920-952e-975ad03fa7b9"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a summary of the use of crowdsourcing and citizen science by all Federal science agencies, including interagency and multi-sector partnerships;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9258A1AFB0C74AE59C82A0CD111A7A7E"><enum>(F)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a description of how each crowdsourcing and citizen science project advanced the mission of each participating Federal science agency;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5A099E8733F94E278FFE93205CD82990"><enum>(G)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an identification of each crowdsourcing or citizen science project where data collected through such project was not made available to the public, including the reasons for such action; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id337471cd-7bb1-44ad-a392-b1e6e771126e"><enum>(H)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any other information that the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy considers relevant.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide28cc973-8197-4361-b8f3-916b956a63d6"><enum>(f)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Savings provision</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nothing in this section may be construed—</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd1c3f7b8-8a91-4fd9-8aaa-1649d24933f6"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to affect the authority to conduct crowdsourcing and citizen science authorized by any other provision of law; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id81d919a4-e72b-42ea-b18a-9b34b0dea942"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to displace Federal Government resources allocated to the Federal science agencies that use crowdsourcing or citizen science authorized under this section to carry out a project.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idde7bc5e0313c4ff59a0a736b5e9ac286" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>403.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">NIST director functions update</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 2(b) of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/272">15 U.S.C. 272(b)</external-xref>), as amended by section 403 of this Act, is further amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id04d4120b4cde4b44afaaff14b3ec0a30"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7a4fd406abd345ee83bf0a4c5fe435ec"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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>; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id25a84f0f7e894e93a975d1857d605de0"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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>.</text>
</paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1f32f657-8d10-4269-a7c6-7fd63a498d6c" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>404.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">NIST Visiting Committee on Advanced Technology update</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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id56D3940E392A4288BFB3D9A6DD7F8E5F"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (a)—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6f0cbbdc-23a0-412a-9663-b157d580edda"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the second sentence, by striking <quote>15 members appointed by the Director, at least 10 of whom</quote> and inserting <quote>not fewer than 9 members appointed by the Director, a majority of whom</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id53d2bea0-62c8-4516-90bb-e63ace0750d9"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the third sentence, by striking <quote>National Bureau of Standards</quote> and inserting <quote>National Institute of Standards and Technology</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF05E31AE76C04689BBDC2356C39B4997"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (h)(1), by striking <quote>, including the Program established under section 28,</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></section><enum>V</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Manufacturing</header>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id25b5577f-8041-49b4-88d1-c7c8fe6ae012" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>501.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Hollings manufacturing extension partnership improvements</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3DF0D2AC168048E69030F393707971B7"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Short title</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">This section may be cited as the <quote><short-title>Manufacturing Extension Partnership Improvement Act</short-title></quote>.</text> </subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7419dbfa-0513-48ea-a1f8-3176ccb27b51"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-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>
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<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide34c2c38-b665-48cd-ab17-a0723ae99e28" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>25.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Hollings manufacturing extension partnership</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id62af2972-6991-4007-a1a2-5cd442ce8092"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Definitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section:</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id77ccda5b-9f5c-4e2f-abb7-cff78e0b3bd9"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Appropriate committees of Congress</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>appropriate committees of Congress</term> means—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc5a61431-2160-4d18-9e7b-cdab12707ce5"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the <committee-name committee-id="SSCM00">Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate</committee-name>; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id437ff7b6-9b6c-4d40-b5fb-d02a9da2360f"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the <committee-name committee-id="">Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the House of Representatives</committee-name>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9f797d65-8b69-47c0-b19f-21d55d81bdee"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Area career and technical education school</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>area career and technical education school</term> has the meaning given the term in section 3 of the Vocational Education Act of 1963 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/2302">20 U.S.C. 2302</external-xref>).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id294d1ab8-628d-46ad-9afd-825798ee81f3"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Center</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>Center</term> means a manufacturing extension center that—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id806f6a3a-e921-434c-8a8c-bed58a0a1e1e"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is created under subsection (b); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idebe34a08-778d-4a1a-ba52-3c667225585e"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is affiliated with an eligible entity that applies for and is awarded financial support under subsection (e).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id16d3b687-2662-4d77-9c00-af5b12e1acb7"><enum>(4)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Community college</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>community college</term> means an institution of higher education (as defined under section 101(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1001">20 U.S.C. 1001(a)</external-xref>)) at which the highest degree that is predominately awarded to students is an associate’s degree.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id893b6acf-bc66-4ff4-ba38-396a22a88cbd"><enum>(5)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Eligible entity</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>eligible entity</term> means a United States-based nonprofit institution, or consortium thereof, an institution of higher education, or a State, United States territory, local, or tribal government.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id22484a3a-d0db-417f-87ef-e158f0d0f3ab"><enum>(6)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership or Program</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership</term> or <term>Program</term> means the program established under subsection (b).</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id824ed815-7a6e-4432-8185-5c37d05703b5"><enum>(7)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">MEP Advisory Board</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>MEP Advisory Board</term> means the Manufacturing Extension Partnership Advisory Board established under subsection (n).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1974f22d-06c8-4344-a11a-092e670d6be5"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Establishment and purpose</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary, acting through the Director and, if appropriate, through other Federal officials, shall establish a program to provide assistance for the creation and support of manufacturing extension centers for the transfer of manufacturing technology and best business practices.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7056fd01-fe63-4e62-9dca-6bea309252d5"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Objective</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The objective of the Program shall be to enhance competitiveness, productivity, and technological performance in United States manufacturing through—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0b250c5f-4e09-420b-b866-25f235231580"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the transfer of manufacturing technology and techniques developed at the Institute to Centers and, through them, to manufacturing companies throughout the United States;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8ee39ad4-dd35-465b-9117-45328929022c"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb9766971-4c86-4bb9-9ce9-9e81e7f1b6a3"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">efforts to make new manufacturing technology and processes usable by United States-based small and medium-sized companies;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8f747446-905e-43c1-8dfb-bd16b0f5f1e2"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the active dissemination of scientific, engineering, technical, and management information about manufacturing to industrial firms, including small and medium-sized manufacturing companies;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id258333e2-b0a6-4e37-a7d2-dda98e892498"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the utilization, when appropriate, of the expertise and capability that exists in Federal agencies, other than the Institute, and federally-sponsored laboratories;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide063aa9f-d44a-48b9-ad4b-4ca19ea86a2e"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the provision to community colleges and area career and technical education schools of information about the job skills needed in manufacturing companies, including small and medium-sized manufacturing businesses in the regions they serve;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1F6B049357754E8CB7D522D61833325B"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the promotion and expansion of certification systems offered through industry, associations, and local colleges when appropriate, including efforts such as facilitating training, supporting new or existing apprenticeships, and providing access to information and experts, to address workforce needs and skills gaps in order to assist small- and medium-sized manufacturing businesses; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id67355c17-96b0-4b01-8220-02af6e8a2c56"><enum>(8)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the growth in employment and wages at United States-based small and medium-sized companies.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide6792ec1-c492-4cc0-af57-20328e1033fb"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Activities</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The activities of a Center shall include—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idab9aa4c0-7a49-4bf5-9d63-cb71ddf51878"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the establishment of automated manufacturing systems and other advanced production technologies, based on Institute-supported research, for the purpose of demonstrations and technology transfer;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id042224e3-3b02-470d-a0c3-e99035044fa8"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the active transfer and dissemination of research findings and Center expertise to a wide range of companies and enterprises, particularly small and medium-sized manufacturers; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide815af60-fc83-4a0b-861c-6f7f2faf53b2"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the facilitation of collaborations and partnerships between small and medium-sized manufacturing companies, community colleges, and area career and technical education schools, to help those entities better understand the specific needs of manufacturers and to help manufacturers better understand the skill sets that students learn in the programs offered by such colleges and schools.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc557389e-a5b2-49eb-a025-891917bb04d8"><enum>(e)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Financial assistance</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id30a8218a-16a0-482e-acc0-9ebf95f196e2"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Authorization</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as provided in paragraph (2), the Secretary may provide financial assistance for the creation and support of a Center through a cooperative agreement with an eligible entity.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id69fb8b58-39b8-4657-85c6-43f2d18ea67c"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Cost sharing</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may not provide more than 50 percent of the capital and annual operating and maintenance funds required to establish and support a Center.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idbec2125f-c8d3-43ab-99a5-4e38bb317271"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Rule of construction</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes of paragraph (2), any amount received by an eligible entity for a Center under a provision of law other than paragraph (1) shall not be considered an amount provided under paragraph (1).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id60E82A4D236A44A89BF21405D223C0D7"><enum>(4)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Regulations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may revise or promulgate such regulations as necessary to carry out this subsection.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id83c26afc-f04e-404a-854c-19c78fc3905d"><enum>(f)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Applications</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idaf993250-289c-4b0a-a55b-8346d205a4ae"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An eligible entity shall submit an application to the Secretary at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Secretary may require.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3c3fc552-f250-4485-8e26-75513fd2e646"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Program description</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall establish and update, as necessary—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9e98da3d-df11-42f3-9cc3-6c910d817be2"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a description of the Program;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id229f531d-ba5d-424d-816c-734629278653"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the application procedures;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idbf5371cb-d446-4e7f-96c4-9fade57fae8a"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">performance metrics;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9afa5573-c0ac-42f9-8a97-9d9aa05093e3"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">criteria for determining qualified applicants; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id38e1ac97-42c5-4b97-8ce3-011c8cd26604"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">criteria for choosing recipients of financial assistance from among the qualified applicants.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id27e021a3-e854-47c2-8645-2e21ad14cc6c"><enum>(F)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">procedures for determining allowable cost share contributions; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id69f9615a-0d85-477b-85a7-baf0b6a533d9"><enum>(G)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">such other program policy objectives and operational procedures as the Secretary considers necessary.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id640da5f7-9ee3-4fe7-87b2-1364d8e0d6b5"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Cost sharing</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id34e71bdb-5799-4757-90ac-9ac4a9471cb2"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To be considered for financial assistance under this section, an applicant shall provide adequate assurances that the applicant and if applicable, the applicant's partnering organizations, will obtain funding for not less than 50 percent of the capital and annual operating and maintenance funds required to establish and support the Center from sources other than the financial assistance provided under subsection (e).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id94b69020-7948-4572-aa84-6fd3095c65e0"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Agreements with other entities</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In meeting the cost-sharing requirement under subparagraph (A), an eligible entity may enter into an agreement with 1 or more other entities, such as a private industry, institutions of higher education, or a State, United States territory, local, or tribal government for the contribution by that other entity of funding if the Secretary determines the agreement—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id25422d4b-23c9-40c1-a926-d811adf717ea"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is programmatically reasonable;</text> </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id28d6316e-9063-456d-b58b-1b758c7d5c32"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">will help accomplish programmatic objectives; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf1c80881-b64a-43c3-bb1f-82041180a1f5"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is allocable under Program procedures under subsection (f)(2).</text> </clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id198788bc-dcfb-4241-b499-bdb49a3231d5"><enum>(4)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Legal rights</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each applicant shall include in the application a proposal for the allocation of the legal rights associated with any intellectual property which may result from the activities of the Center.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id00a9dbff-cecb-4644-9a07-027c7a136381"><enum>(5)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Merit review of applications</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb5168ea8-97ae-490b-91f5-d5b41d0dfd34"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall subject each application to merit review.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id48efe524-5993-403d-acc5-5b8635648aa9"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Considerations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In making a decision whether to approve an application and provide financial assistance under subsection (e), the Secretary shall consider, at a minimum—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb91f6093-9c56-4f16-a878-29a8718732ff"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id67e4a12d-8fb3-46c0-ab11-85baa8ed5343"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the quality of service to be provided;</text> </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id830b6a94-6353-474f-80eb-e51dcc1d80f3"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the geographical diversity and extent of the service area; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id28c0d0c2-de4f-4b1a-9c79-359429d3c2a5"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the type and percentage of funding and in-kind commitment from other sources under paragraph (3).</text> </clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id46d924f7-6f9d-4344-94ce-06435e6452db"><enum>(g)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Evaluations</header> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id214e00ab-6104-48ec-bbb0-a84ebf332df7"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Third and eighth year evaluations by panel</header> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id732f260d-8e28-4e1e-86e2-2d03fa8e19a6"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall ensure that each Center is evaluated during its third and eighth years of operation by an evaluation panel appointed by the Secretary.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0619f3da-3321-4ab1-b01e-266053141c61"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Composition</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall ensure that each evaluation panel appointed under subparagraph (A) is composed of—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8a5d0961-d567-4b67-8c31-fe8252927e00"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">private experts, none of whom are connected with the Center evaluated by the panel; and</text> </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7baa0b1b-7e49-4adf-822c-37b01861d30e"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Federal officials.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id66c66669-db99-47db-b7d4-5cd396791120"><enum>(C)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Chairperson</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For each evaluation panel appointed under subparagraph (B), the Secretary shall appoint a chairperson who is an official of the Institute.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id16dfdcd1-9ca2-4080-a308-adedb3884b7c"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Fifth year evaluations by Secretary</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the fifth year of operation of a Center, the Secretary shall conduct a review of the Center.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id62946a5a-6be8-4df2-b83d-29c8b794de35"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Performance measurement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In evaluating a Center an evaluation panel or the Secretary, as applicable, shall measure the performance of the Center against—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf3c1b1e3-1258-4589-9edf-cfca289a92d8"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the objective specified in subsection (c);</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf3c61e68-f0e8-4be8-993c-2cbcf8459f11"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the performance metrics under subsection (f)(2)(C); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id587c5305-1a91-4147-83e0-f88e18b0e455"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">such other criterion as considered appropriate by the Secretary.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida10d71bf-7c3b-4be1-a360-689854354796"><enum>(4)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Positive evaluations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If an evaluation of a Center is positive, the Secretary may continue to provide financial assistance for the Center—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id70620215-fde7-4626-884e-6e84d52329cb"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the case of an evaluation occurring in the third year of a Center, through the fifth year of the Center;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9c0a70d5-2fab-4818-ba6d-ae9b22d089d7"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the case of an evaluation occurring in the fifth year of a Center, through the eighth year of the Center; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3053510b-0770-495e-9353-4581197811d1"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the case of an evaluation occurring in the eighth year of a Center, through the tenth year of the Center.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id06d25c27-8293-437d-b2c3-10bcff5c0425"><enum>(5)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Other than positive evaluations</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf7f77e97-a664-41cf-a6e2-3c11bd8966f4"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Probation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If an evaluation of a Center is other than positive, the Secretary shall put the Center on probation during the period beginning on the date that the Center receives notice under subparagraph (B)(i) and ending on the date that the reevaluation is complete under subparagraph (B)(iii).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd9daad61-19db-48f2-bed2-ef809bf3e815"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notice and reevaluation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If a Center receives an evaluation that is other than positive, the evaluation panel or Secretary, as applicable, shall—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7baeb54c-98c1-4d87-9a0b-ca5c1099db34"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">notify the Center of the reason, including any deficiencies in the performance of the Center identified during the evaluation;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3cd89fc0-a54a-4062-bfce-a0067a0e807f"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">assist the Center in remedying the deficiencies by providing the Center, not less frequently than once every 3 months, an analysis of the Center, if considered appropriate by the panel or Secretary, as applicable; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id941f7a9c-d136-43dd-b202-5fd9e7304b6a"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">reevaluate the Center not later than 1 year after the date of the notice under clause (i).</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide7fd0673-4d23-46ca-836e-cce36531040f"><enum>(C)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Continued support during period of probation</header> <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBC02569BFD034DC0BBFD21C6DD7A2231"><enum>(i)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may continue to provide financial assistance under subsection (e) for a Center during the probation period.</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6D4F8F4AE5EC49A08029447E155B5C36"><enum>(ii)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Post probation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">After the period of probation, the Secretary shall not provide any financial assistance unless the Center has received a positive evaluation under subparagraph (B)(iii).</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id73a76570-fc89-42d6-9bbe-091b6e2fdd14"><enum>(6)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Failure to remedy</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idcb9a7281-e3b9-49b9-a95f-118295e48780"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If a Center fails to remedy a deficiency or to show significant improvement in performance before the end of the probation period under paragraph (5), the Secretary shall conduct a competition to select an operator for the Center under subsection (h).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6e3921b5-e411-4f3d-b46e-906c0872e35f"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Treatment of Centers subject to new competition</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Upon the selection of an operator for a Center under subsection (h), the Center shall be considered a new Center and the calculation of the years of operation of that Center for purposes of paragraphs (1) through (5) of this subsection and subsection (h)(1) shall start anew.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id20902c93-9ad1-4ebc-b272-7e06c8354631"><enum>(h)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Reapplication competition for financial assistance after 10 years</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id836a5f66-c7db-4d28-aeda-a19dbc9ee7b5"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If an eligible entity has operated a Center under this section for a period of 10 consecutive years, the Secretary shall conduct a competition to select an eligible entity to operate the Center in accordance with the process plan under subsection (i).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id872d3570-a3cf-4b54-89e7-d49a49e3636f"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Incumbent eligible entities</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An eligible entity that has received financial assistance under this section for a period of 10 consecutive years and that the Secretary determines is in good standing shall be eligible to compete in the competition under paragraph (1).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id431931d6-3239-4c21-8b18-26ba59a39b22"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Treatment of Centers subject to reapplication competition</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Upon the selection of an operator for a Center under paragraph (1), the Center shall be considered a new Center and the calculation of the years of operation of that Center for purposes of paragraphs (1) through (5) of subsection (g) shall start anew.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="iddee9eeb6-4900-4ed8-ae8b-7c856505bf0f"><enum>(i)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Process plan</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of the <short-title>American Innovation and Competitiveness Act</short-title>, the Secretary shall implement and submit to Congress a plan for how the Institute will conduct an evaluation, competition, and reapplication competition under this section.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf8bf948b-e628-422d-b639-6aa475bbf4ad"><enum>(j)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Operational requirements</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4ae535e9-f82d-4c6b-89e4-f62c6daad5c0"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Protection of confidential information of center clients</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The following information, if obtained by the Federal Government in connection with an activity of a Center or the Program, shall be exempt from public disclosure under section 552 of title 5, United States Code:</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2f40636d-a09e-4745-b6db-a09eda6b990b"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Information on the business operation of any participant in the Program or of a client of a Center.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id67ec7e56-9b93-44db-a65c-1742e9b41771"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Trade secrets of any client of a Center.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1a2167a8-7bdf-46d6-b747-209604688a0d"><enum>(k)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Oversight boards</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5ef64ae8-e2b7-4209-9eaf-1c482b4d077c"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">As a condition on receipt of financial assistance for a Center under subsection (e), an eligible entity shall establish a board to oversee the operations of the Center.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2fe1d35f-a440-4d7c-8ad5-e644a2c8a5ab"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Standards</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id425b6fef-ba2f-4c18-aa3d-268898fd9927"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Director shall establish appropriate standards for each board described under paragraph (1).</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf97f070c-30e1-40df-a132-789d0a76aa5b"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Considerations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In establishing the standards, the Director shall take into account the type and organizational structure of an eligible entity.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id12a05468-2714-4d3a-9a6a-19dfe2579caf"><enum>(C)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Requirements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The standards shall address—</text> <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc4c0423e-9605-4c90-baec-b5b562e5dff6"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">membership;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id70f911f0-5035-43b3-9589-ae5a041f0cbb"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">composition;</text> </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1f9a9d0d-3a0f-4d8b-b2bd-d08a886c40fa"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">term limits;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida0399d27-f52c-4344-ab0e-a4a58e024614"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">conflicts of interest; and</text> </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id41bb3fb9-e2a7-4f37-8684-58898099631f"><enum>(v)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">such other requirements as the Director considers necessary.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb14d8eee-91da-4505-80c9-08dcc85453ba"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Membership</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9377a19c-7961-4d46-b9fb-ed5702e37b77"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each board established under paragraph (1) shall be composed of members as follows:</text> <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb1264706-4ee1-4f2e-be93-d7f8adbbcc5c"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The membership of each board shall be representative of stakeholders in the region in which the Center is located.</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida17e57f4-7854-46fc-aa1f-c7ebaa320d79"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A majority of the members of the board shall be selected from among individuals who own or are employed by small or medium-sized manufacturers.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idbbfd14e9-5ff6-48ef-b808-f1b9f4c8194b"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Limitation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A member of a board established under paragraph (1) may not serve on more than 1 board established under that paragraph.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id91491e45-a1dc-41ee-8384-531d8e0786c5"><enum>(4)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Bylaws</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2ad1e0e5-a5d1-43d8-9001-96fc879325a6"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each board established under paragraph (1) shall adopt and submit to the Director bylaws to govern the operation of the board.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6535e71f-2592-400d-8744-6388c3c23f90"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Conflicts of interest</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Bylaws adopted under subparagraph (A) shall include policies to minimize conflicts of interest, including such policies relating to disclosure of relationships and recusal as may be necessary to minimize conflicts of interest.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd5670d1d-9035-404d-a358-5ce8789447b6"><enum>(l)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Acceptance of funds</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In addition to such sums as may be appropriated to the Secretary and Director to operate the Program, the Secretary and Director may also accept funds from other Federal departments and agencies and from the private sector under section 2(c)(7) of this Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/272">15 U.S.C. 272(c)(7)</external-xref>), to be available to the extent provided by appropriations Acts, for the purpose of strengthening United States manufacturing.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id951a5248-9fb1-41d4-82fd-114f322ad9c0"><enum>(m)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">MEP Advisory Board</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6345df1c-b028-4bb8-981a-c7ee098c8210"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Establishment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There is established within the Institute a Manufacturing Extension Partnership Advisory Board.</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0a9b9b3e-40ad-4acc-9150-39b15dd95cfd"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Membership</header> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1780dea9-6d87-4ba9-95e7-21d63fc1369f"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Composition</header> <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3612683d-969f-4f6a-a87f-9ece18fa2984"><enum>(i)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The MEP Advisory Board shall consist of not fewer than 10 members appointed by the Director and broadly representative of stakeholders.</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="iddbd3e70c-b4bb-4e95-bde1-bef0e0d675dd"><enum>(ii)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Requirements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Of the members appointed under clause (i)—</text> <subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id62161ad8-8e30-42ba-afcc-83ba8d9dff2a"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">at least 2 members shall be employed by or on an advisory board for a Center;</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida2070f2b-3d24-4c5e-8a5e-f5889f4163d1"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">at least 5 members shall be from United States small businesses in the manufacturing sector; and</text> </subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB3602B46820644EF910B7C5C76DB0363"><enum>(III)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">at least 1 member shall represent a community college.</text>
</subclause></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idfee0ee4a-a952-4c39-ab28-f0fd0108f416"><enum>(iii)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Limitation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">No member of the MEP Advisory Board shall be an employee of the Federal Government.</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4ffd7d4c-4edf-4877-9e47-c20bc38eaeb2"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Term</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as provided in subparagraph (C), the term of office of each member of the MEP Advisory Board shall be 3 years.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id94b627b1-5cca-4612-b05b-9584b41982e9"><enum>(C)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Vacancies</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id91724be8-e08c-4ac0-947f-f66cdec8de6e"><enum>(D)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Serving consecutive terms</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any person who has completed 2 consecutive full terms of service on the MEP Advisory Board shall thereafter be ineligible for appointment during the 1-year period following the expiration of the second such term.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id39717e06-fc69-43ac-8240-b9a03e5c6239"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Meetings</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The MEP Advisory Board shall—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide666f2db-cae6-4f3b-87aa-4d525231ef3c"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">meet not less than biannually; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide3f50f06-32e5-4fb9-aab4-5c212d31d95c"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provide to the Director—</text> <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf5d0ae28-4de6-4ee4-a18b-3acfbf839d97"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">advice on the activities, plans, and policies of the Program;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id311f5fc0-bc31-42d5-b2fb-fb1475da4922"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">assessments of the soundness of the plans and strategies of the Program; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida4a1a2b0-fceb-4c20-9e52-be4540d31f66"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">assessments of current performance against the plans of the Program.</text> </clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1288a50a-bac9-44ca-80af-b0b2e1624771"><enum>(4)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">FACA applicability</header> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idea133c1b-dee7-40f0-876d-2c5092bdc57a"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 (5 U.S.C. App.).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id69b7d243-d17d-4af2-a345-74d28935a0c0"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Exception</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 14 of the Federal Advisory Committee Act shall not apply to the MEP Advisory Board.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9ba26943-4bd7-4804-8994-2b8e7816bb04"><enum>(5)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Annual report</header> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idade82496-792a-4d5a-82b8-6fe62544cf51"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">At a minimum, the MEP Advisory Board shall transmit an annual report to the Secretary for transmittal to Congress not later than 30 days after the submission to Congress of the President’s annual budget under section 1105 of title 31, United States Code.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="iddd9033a6-f355-4104-86fb-b5936194d4ab"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Contents</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The report shall address the status of the Program and describe 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 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/278i">15 U.S.C. 278i</external-xref>).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ided856b26-11b9-47b6-844e-68a42431e97b"><enum>(n)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Small manufacturers</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd095ae59-294e-42aa-a008-fe2f78edeb10"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Evaluation of obstacles</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">As part of the Program, the Director shall—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb4dcbd4c-d0b1-4351-8ffa-9ccb80927110"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">identify obstacles that prevent small manufacturers from effectively competing in the global market;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf495d92c-b36e-4664-98c7-8d17ab32750d"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">implement a comprehensive plan to train the Centers to address the obstacles identified in paragraph (2); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idef8a5906-ad32-4e94-aeab-7a4af6cc4974"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">facilitate improved communication between the Centers to assist such manufacturers in implementing appropriate, targeted solutions to the obstacles identified in paragraph (2).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0bd7dc79-0f69-4c4f-af00-5f6d663f1550"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Development of open access resources</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">As part of the Program, the Secretary shall develop open access resources that address best practices related to inventory sourcing, supply chain management, manufacturing techniques, available Federal resources, and other topics to further the competitiveness and profitability of small manufacturers.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id858caf0e-3133-4cf4-846a-03c3e16fa153"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Competitive awards program</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 inserting after section 25 the following:</text>
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<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5705904e-e038-414d-9eaa-8fcda4057c37" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>25A.<?LEXA-Enum 25A.?></enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Competitive awards program</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idec067046-76ea-424d-b767-c3c5ec484d13"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Establishment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Director shall establish within the Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership under section 25 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/278k">15 U.S.C. 278k</external-xref>) and section 26 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/278l">15 U.S.C. 278l</external-xref>) a program of competitive awards among participants described in subsection (b) of this section for the purposes described in subsection (c).</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5181fd0d-3217-439d-813d-8ed960f6e3c0"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Participants</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Participants receiving awards under this section shall be Centers, or a consortium of Centers.</text> </subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0ab8b335-2d64-4845-af38-76f6d916de6e"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Purpose, themes, and reimbursement</header> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5354592d-afa8-4950-a975-8cf0644c37f8"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Purpose</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The purpose of the program established under subsection (a) is to add capabilities to the Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership, including the development of projects to solve new or emerging manufacturing problems as determined by the Director, in consultation with the Director of the Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership, the MEP Advisory Board, other Federal agencies, and small and medium-sized manufacturers.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9b963aee-2209-4f4d-9e95-b95d109b2260"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Themes</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Director may identify 1 or more themes for a competition carried out under this section, which may vary from year to year, as the Director considers appropriate after assessing the needs of manufacturers and the success of previous competitions.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3f355547-ba40-466e-8962-6f47c9878be2"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Reimbursement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Centers may be reimbursed for costs incurred by the Centers under this section.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idcd5968ea-f299-4b45-b8a0-5cd9296563d3"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Applications</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Applications for awards under this section 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>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id88a787c3-856c-483b-8b79-2c371f34b672"><enum>(e)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Selection</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide3957968-ca49-4170-9330-e9c503c68243"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Peer review and competitively awarded</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Director shall ensure that awards under this section are peer reviewed and competitively awarded.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida28a9285-a687-4dc5-b521-ef4d6ab056be"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Geographic diversity</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Director shall endeavor to have broad geographic diversity among selected proposals.</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1809be2e-fbdc-45de-b1a5-95ca6a5f7a76"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Criteria</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Director shall select applications to receive awards that the Director determines will achieve 1 or more of the following:</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide493a09a-325e-4050-9dcc-3c8d5cf39c4c"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Improve the competitiveness of industries in the region in which the Center or Centers are located.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id47b636af-e273-4535-b0bb-b26aa8221b6c"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Create jobs or train newly hired employees.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3e984a9b-3a20-426b-94c8-5f30c94e8324"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Promote the transfer and commercialization of research and technology from institutions of higher education, national laboratories or other federally funded research programs, and nonprofit research institutes.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2a5864df-771a-47fe-bec8-f7f69b3f70b6"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Recruit a diverse manufacturing workforce, including through outreach to underrepresented populations, including individuals identified in section 33 or section 34 of the Science and Engineering Equal Opportunities Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1885a">42 U.S.C. 1885a</external-xref>, 1885b).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id90acbe9d-53eb-46e2-8774-e3e762aba600"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Such other result as the Director determines will advance the objective set forth in section 25(c) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/278k">15 U.S.C. 278k</external-xref>) or in section 26 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/278l">15 U.S.C. 278l</external-xref>).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id22598505-a767-4fba-8a57-2755c6c85cc4"><enum>(f)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Program contribution</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Recipients of awards under this section shall not be required to provide a matching contribution.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7488dd75-b22a-45a5-b769-9a038f7ba923"><enum>(g)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Global marketplace projects</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In making an award under this section, 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>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida61fd2f7-9e28-4b0a-8903-4be70824fdbe"><enum>(h)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Duration</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The duration of an award under this section shall be for not more than 3 years.</text> </subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id60885fd3-4b9a-442e-a48c-c4a367c7ae1b"><enum>(i)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Definitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The terms used in this section have the meanings given the terms in section 25 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/278k">15 U.S.C. 278k</external-xref>).</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id91f73765-052c-4466-bf17-301611e9c2b1"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Reports</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id860818576FAD4DFA8BCA14390440C953"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States, in consultation with the MEP Advisory Board (as defined in 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>)), shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report analyzing—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0d4fa2a2-4d78-4513-a266-fa02f25d7946"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the effectiveness of the changes in the cost share to Centers under section 25 of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/278k">15 U.S.C. 278k</external-xref>);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id25b9b0e9-1b76-40e8-a205-5d600def5d74"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the engagement in services and the characteristics of services provided by 2 types of Centers, including volume and type of service; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idfb6e483d-5b67-4d95-8552-e7fbef8655e9"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">whether the cost-sharing ratio has any effect on the services provided by either type of Center.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id35E08BC0FA1E41A6B9E22F52D41DD114"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Independent assessment</header> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAF1B9DF1A59F46EDB726DB3C21EF013F"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 3 years after the date of submission of the report under paragraph (1), the Director of NIST shall contract with an independent organization to perform an assessment of the implementation of the reapplication competition process.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB89A4AE3033C4221916BE46611A2FC94"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Consultation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The independent organization performing the assessment under subparagraph (A) may consult with the MEP Advisory Board (as defined in section 25 of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/278k">15 U.S.C. 278k</external-xref>)).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id49CDCCA25FBA470F9961EA09982BCC55"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Comparison of Centers</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC9E02857E2944B39B246C0C7BBE69170"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Director shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report providing information on the first and second years of operations for Centers (as defined in 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>)) operating from new competitions or recompetition as compared to longstanding Centers.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1460DB209796424FB8356A6E88EB4D91"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Contents</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 appropriate committees of Congress can evaluate whether the cost-sharing ratio has an effect on the services provided at Centers.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id291c7bf9-e12f-4a04-8743-14c57fb273e3"><enum>(e)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Conforming amendments</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc59db043-f023-406a-bdf6-e9a966d51929"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Definitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 2199(3) of title 10, United States Code, is amended—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf8049ba2-8a28-4028-9e76-f87dc25d8836"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>regional center</quote> and inserting <quote>manufacturing extension center</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3383caae-4504-489f-9d3e-7ea860a21e30"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting <quote>and best business practices</quote> before <quote>referred</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc3714661-22a7-486a-b30b-249bf62340b7"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>25(a)</quote> and inserting <quote>25(b)</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idcd7e728a-17cd-4fe3-9516-da0c65be9ccc"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Enterprise integration initiative</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 3(a) of the Enterprise Integration Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/278g-5">15 U.S.C. 278g–5(a)</external-xref>) is amended by inserting <quote>Hollings</quote> before <quote>Manufacturing Extension Partnership</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb26d2e40-dd1c-4c41-9fe9-dabf5a8a50cb"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Assistance to State technology programs</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 26(a) of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/278l">15 U.S.C. 278l(a)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>Centers program created</quote> and inserting <quote>Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf4f4a3d8-8e9a-46a4-bcb0-0f60ba79e600"><enum>(f)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Savings provisions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding the amendments made by subsections (a) and (b) of this section, the Secretary of Commerce may carry out 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>) as that section was in effect on the day before the date of enactment of this Act, with respect to existing grants, agreements, cooperative agreements, or contracts, and with respect to applications for such items that are received by the Secretary prior to the date of enactment of this Act.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3509536D75B6431FA63A7B83F78A6665"><enum>(g)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 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>) and section 25 of that Act, to the promotion of technology from research by Centers under those sections, except for contracts for such specific technology extension or transfer services as may be specified by the Director of NIST or under other law.</text>
</subsection></section><enum>VI</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Innovation and technology transfer</header>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id31faf20b-375e-4892-bf0c-61abfa2497e6" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>601.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Innovation corps</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id536ca23a-d725-49a7-aa02-9c80a4c3b645"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Findings</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Congress makes the following findings:</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id434c92c5-9a5d-4e26-97b0-7c81d9817c79"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The National Science Foundation Innovation Corps (referred to in this section as the <quote>I-Corps</quote>) 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 National Science Foundation-funded research well beyond the laboratory.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id72a69ee4-f923-4005-978d-3b6fc9eeaff1"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Through I-Corps, the Foundation invests in entrepreneurship and commercialization education, training, and mentoring that can ultimately lead to the practical deployment of technologies, products, processes, and services that improve the Nation's competitiveness, promote economic growth, and benefit society.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idbc718d30-879b-4d57-806f-3bee30be0d5f"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1a5eb9a0-5d26-40c4-b4f8-54c3f8e0f837"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">By translating federally funded research to a commercial stage more quickly and efficiently, programs like the I-Corps create new jobs and companies, help solve societal problems, and provide taxpayers with a greater return on their investment in research.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="iddbcf2d33-249a-4d55-82ef-8b2303d9888b"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The I-Corps program model has a strong record of success that should be replicated at all Federal science agencies.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide94a427d-4858-43d8-a0c9-44cea017471f"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Sense of Congress</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">It is the sense of Congress that—</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb48233c2-ae3d-43d3-87d7-da98ee4555bf"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">commercialization of federally funded research can improve the Nation’s competitiveness, grow the economy, and benefit society;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idfbabda3f-a016-484d-aaa3-4f944f1d6e0b"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">I-Corps is a useful tool in promoting the commercialization of federally funded research by training researchers funded by the Foundation in entrepreneurship and commercialization;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idbfedbfc9-8796-4b69-b20a-973d030e157e"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">I-Corps should continue to build a network of entrepreneurs, educators, mentors, and institutions and support specialized education and training;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7c155004-a4ae-414a-88a1-6948aaa83bec"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">researchers other than those funded by the Foundation may also benefit from the education and training described in paragraph (3); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1A38D2849A234D59A0117BDA302B0477"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">I-Corps should continue to promote a strong innovation system by investing in and supporting female entrepreneurs through mentorship, education, and training because they are historically underrepresented in entrepreneurial fields.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ideefe31ce-56f1-4d1c-915a-4d04cade9f44"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">I-Corps program</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id78db38c2-8145-447c-b5cf-639256fc0676"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In order to promote a strong, lasting foundation for the national innovation ecosystem and increase the positive economic and social impact of federally funded research, the Director of the Foundation shall set forth eligibility requirements and carry out a program to award grants for entrepreneurship and commercialization education, training, and mentoring.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb7aef94f-b59a-4aff-b77a-a964560f463f"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Expansion of I-corps</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0025a5ff-ac39-42da-9e64-c097412ef001"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Director—</text> <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7d87a0ee-acfa-4ca5-8e07-aafb8a2c357c"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">shall encourage the development and expansion of I-Corps and other training programs that focus on professional development, including education in entrepreneurship and commercialization; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id965973ee-02c0-43a2-b4b0-7c83ec1720ad"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">may establish an agreement with another Federal science agency—</text> <subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida933ce7e-aaf1-483d-93fb-ae7cae9b3693"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to make researchers, students, and institutions funded by that agency eligible to participate in the I-Corps program; or</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idfbbfa6ae-8904-4a19-a98d-df097c5ab30f"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to assist that agency with the design and implementation of its own program that is similar to the I-Corps program.</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id429c3a30-cc89-42fc-a7be-570151303d01"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Partnership funding</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In negotiating an agreement with another Federal science agency under subparagraph (A)(ii), the Director shall require that Federal science agency to provide funding for—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7dc83cd9-4c24-4aca-97a5-ddbb16ac3365"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the training for researchers, students, and institutions selected for the I-Corps program; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="iddd997db0-8d91-45f5-b023-c7d698bf7e9d"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the locations that Federal science agency designates as regional and national infrastructure for science and engineering entrepreneurship.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6543ef7d-ac40-471c-9d7a-8be662a70a99"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Follow-on grants</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf78cdb04-8b2f-4559-a667-80effa7d3d6d"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subject to subparagraph (B), the Director, in consultation with the Director of the Small Business Innovation Research Program, shall make funds available for competitive grants, including to I-Corps participants, to help support—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd8726eb3-4ddc-40e1-b295-a937c6ecbaa4"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">prototype or proof-of-concept development; and</text> </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id97675e03-2def-4f21-8b79-2e5c2581d4e6"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">such activities as the Director considers necessary to build local, regional, and national infrastructure for science and engineering entrepreneurship.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id841aaffb-605d-4289-a9af-539380b0ceb4"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Limitation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Grants under subparagraph (A) shall be limited to participants with innovations that because of the early stage of development are not eligible to participate in a Small Business Innovation Research Program or a Small Business Technology Transfer Program.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idbaf3d6de-f108-43d3-adec-7614c92d7579"><enum>(4)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">State and local partnerships</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Director may engage in partnerships with State and local governments, economic development organizations, and nonprofit organizations to provide access to the I-Corps program to support entrepreneurship education and training for researchers, students, and institutions under this subsection.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idadc631c3-bddb-449e-ba46-a5494a53a05d"><enum>(5)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Reports</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Director shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a biennial report on I-Corps program efficacy, including metrics on the effectiveness of the program. Each Federal science agency participating in the I-Corps program or that implements a similar program under paragraph (2)(A) shall contribute to the report.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id737bc003-bb71-4309-a637-8f3f411fb8f8"><enum>(6)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Definitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this subsection, the terms <term>Small Business Innovation Research Program</term> and <term>Small Business Technology Transfer Program</term> have the meanings given those terms in section 9 of the Small Business Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/638">15 U.S.C. 638</external-xref>).</text> </paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id15328ef2-d908-498d-990d-54c1212f9109" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>602.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Translational research grants</header> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4deeee50-8f96-4c84-b1b8-ae975dcbd8a1"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Sense of Congress</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">It is the sense of Congress that—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id57529959-6f03-4962-a7f6-353886a80f10"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">commercialization of federally funded research may benefit society and the economy; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb0fe7a68-cc6c-4c38-94de-188cdccb1fcd"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">not-for-profit organizations support the commercialization of federally funded research by providing useful business and technical expertise to researchers.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7def73a1-f5c0-4620-863e-439de52736bb"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Commercialization promotion</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Director of the Foundation shall continue to award grants on a competitive, merit-reviewed basis to eligible entities to promote the commercialization of federally funded research results.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0e74576b-c6ec-4102-a57c-5e92865e87df"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Use of funds</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Activities supported by grants under this section may include—</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4f108cab-fcd5-4d1a-8a70-14b7c7d63134"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">identifying Foundation-sponsored research and technologies that have the potential for accelerated commercialization;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id617b053c-124f-4794-8b19-3522ece51252"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">supporting prior or current Foundation-sponsored investigators, institutions of higher education, and non-profit organizations that partner with an institution of higher education in undertaking proof-of-concept work, including development of prototypes of technologies that are derived from Foundation-sponsored research and have potential market value;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida80246ae-d233-4212-b1dc-ea1a09475ff8"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">promoting sustainable partnerships between Foundation-funded institutions, industry, and other organizations within academia and the private sector with the purpose of accelerating the transfer of technology;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7f7a742d-f50a-4bd1-a1a1-92784cdb424e"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">developing multi-disciplinary innovation ecosystems which involve and are responsive to specific needs of academia and industry; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7c1c0b61-7eed-410a-a17d-7daaaa2929e8"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">providing professional development, mentoring, and advice in entrepreneurship, project management, and technology and business development to innovators.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4c1fb85e-dd29-4796-bc22-870da4525b95"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Eligibility</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc623ed47-9191-4d19-8238-5c1901eaed0a"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The following organizations may be eligible for grants under this section:</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id785a6b4b-a5ea-4e2a-ba46-4912efb097a1"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Institutions of higher education.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id520860f4-2f76-4937-855d-6a1fcc0e31b6"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Public or nonprofit technology transfer organizations.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idadd5f159-71d8-4d17-a21f-5c9a9c01ef35"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A nonprofit organization that partners with an institution of higher education.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4f672a75-ffb1-4cda-b90c-00d7dc4071a4"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A consortia of 2 or more of the organizations described under subparagraphs (A) through (C).</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8391543f-384e-4a9f-9c1c-445fe78bbcd6"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Lead organizations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any eligible organization under paragraph (1) may apply as a lead organization.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1275ae54-aa2a-4892-871c-7b75a4e66fc9"><enum>(e)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Applications</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An eligible entity seeking a grant under this section shall submit an application to the Director at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Director may require.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id00de3bd0-7515-4d23-82b6-ace91c4dd594" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>603.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Optics and photonics technology innovations</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide1b0899a-5099-4ffa-9b3a-44291803be88"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Findings</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Congress makes the following findings:</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id32bbfbba-7560-4649-94ea-4fb3489a0502"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The 1998 National Research Council Report, <quote>Harnessing Light</quote> presented a comprehensive overview on the importance of optics and photonics to various sectors of the United States economy.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2fda999a-ce28-4998-8628-6a6edb508b7f"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In 2012, in response to increased coordination and investment by other nations, the National Research Council released a follow up study recommending a national photonics initiative to increase collaboration and coordination among United States industry, Federal and State government, and academia to identify and further advance areas of photonics critical to regaining United States competitiveness and maintaining national security.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd54fdfa1-0ecc-4ce2-86e7-8161a8d563dd"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Publicly-traded companies focused on optics and photonics in the United States enable more than $3 trillion in revenue annually.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="iddf897802-b063-4842-b81f-2898ce1ade05"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Sense of Congress</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">It is the sense of Congress that—</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf49510bc-a11d-4997-b430-afb49d4ef95f"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">optics and photonics research and technologies promote United States global competitiveness in industry sectors, including telecommunications and information technology, energy, healthcare and medicine, manufacturing, and defense;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1fdb9fe0-cf2c-426f-8b46-1476187dae1f"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Federal science agencies, industry, and academia should seek partnerships with each other to develop basic research in optics and photonics into more mature technologies and capabilities; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida5b33c52-0969-419e-9ff9-37763b80e936"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">each Federal science agency, as appropriate, should—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida8ddfe82-60c7-48c8-a15f-ecf8c2f2ffa1"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">survey and identify optics and photonics-related programs within that Federal science agency and share results with other Federal science agencies for the purpose of generating multiple applications and uses;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf5078d82-00fb-405a-bad9-3d55501c2047"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">partner with the private sector and academia to leverage knowledge and resources to maximize opportunities for innovation in optics and photonics;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ideba7d95f-6c92-4867-b437-dff78651027a"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">explore research and development opportunities, including Federal and private sector-sponsored internships, to ensure a highly trained optics and photonics workforce in the United States;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id36da2caf-497f-4a53-812c-1a549447a71d"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">encourage partnerships between academia and industry to promote improvement in the education of optics and photonics technicians at the secondary school level, undergraduate level, and 2-year college level, including through the Foundation's Advanced Technological Education program; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id145F74FAB61D438FB747604060A28216"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">assess existing programs and explore alternatives to modernize photonics laboratory equipment in undergraduate institutions in the United States to facilitate critical hands-on learning.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id35d06cedeeea4b4195ad414862d826d8" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>604.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">United States chief technology officer</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2A39EB693FB647A9BB0BEAC0AAFF2CA6"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Short title</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">This section may be cited as the <quote><short-title>United States Chief Technology Officer Act</short-title></quote>.</text> </subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDC28AB80FCE74088BBEA888A033E1B0C"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 203 the National Science and Technology Policy, Organization, and Priorities Act of 1976 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/6612">42 U.S.C. 6612</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4BCF1A6726DC4549AB49BCE9D0119100"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting <quote>(b) <header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Associate Directors</header-in-text>.—</quote> before <quote>The President is authorized</quote> and indenting appropriately;</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD6737D697B8248A2BA21F4D5A9087988"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting <quote>(a) <header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">In general</header-in-text>.—</quote> before <quote>There shall be</quote> and indenting appropriately; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB6E5803E89B544DDBCA2F9FC670560FB"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA198FA727E2A49508BEDCA89743832DA" style="OLC"> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id975EBADAB8C946A99412A5EF5D16A11B"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Chief Technology Officer</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subject to subsection (b), the President is authorized to designate 1 of the Associate Directors under that subsection as a United States Chief Technology Officer.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>. </after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida6f8f9b2788a414cbaef327a398ff5ff" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>605.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">National research council study on technology for emergency notifications on campuses</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide78bd9c813a84270a965c0bf1f5353e1"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy shall enter into an arrangement with the National Research Council to conduct and complete a study to identify and review technologies employed at institutions of higher education to provide notifications to students, faculty, and other personnel during emergency situations in accordance with law.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFD63D386D4A349C694211CA5DDF8FB28"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Contents</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The study shall address—</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id33ac304a41714b51825f5c051e56bcb6"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the timeliness of notifications provided by the technologies during emergency situations;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc3b149d4157c4f9892b57dfa767ac496"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the durability of the technologies in delivering the notifications to students, faculty, and other personnel; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id57956733179a4ff78a60801e49599029"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the limitations exhibited by the technologies to successfully deliver the notifications not more than 30 seconds after the institution of higher education transmits the notifications.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0bce23b3ccc645d284f24113155a5a89"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Report required</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 1 year after the date that the National Research Council enters into the arrangement under subsection (a), the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy shall submit to Congress a report on the study, including recommendations for addressing any limitations identified under subsection (b)(3).</text></subsection></section>Passed the Senate December 10 (legislative day, December 9), 2016.Secretary