114 S 3084 ENR: To invest in innovation through research and development, and to improve the competitiveness of the United States.Senate Bill3084114 S 3084 ENR114s3084enr114 S. 3084 ENRUnited States SenateUnited States Government Publishing Officetext/xmlENPursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.ENRGPO Locator to USLM Converter 3.11.8;Stage2.202201272023-01-051142publicS.3084One Hundred Fourteenth Congress of the United States of AmericaA T T H E S E C O N D S E S S I O NBegun and held at the City of Washington on Monday, the fourth day of January, two thousand and sixteenAn ActTo invest in innovation through research and development, and to improve the competitiveness of the United States. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.(a) Short Title.—This Act may be cited as the “American Innovation and Competitiveness Act”.(b) Table of Contents.—The table of contents of this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Sec. 2. TITLE I—Sec. 101. Sec. 102. Sec. 103. Sec. 104. Sec. 105. Sec. 106. Sec. 107. Sec. 108. Sec. 109. Sec. 110. Sec. 111. Sec. 112. Sec. 113. Sec. 114. Sec. 115. Sec. 116. Sec. 117. TITLE II—Sec. 201. Sec. 202. Sec. 203. Sec. 204. Sec. 205. Sec. 206. Sec. 207. Sec. 208. TITLE III—Sec. 301. Sec. 302. Sec. 303. Sec. 304. Sec. 305. Sec. 306. Sec. 307. Sec. 308. Sec. 309. Sec. 310. Sec. 311. Sec. 312. Sec. 313. Sec. 314. Sec. 315. TITLE IV—Sec. 401. Sec. 402. Sec. 403. Sec. 404. TITLE V—Sec. 501. TITLE VI—Sec. 601. Sec. 602. Sec. 603. Sec. 604. Sec. 605. SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. In this Act, unless expressly provided otherwise:(1) Appropriate committees of congress.—The 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) Federal science agency.—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) Foundation.—The term “Foundation” means the National Science Foundation.(4) Institution of higher education.—The 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) NIST.—The term “NIST” means the National Institute of Standards and Technology.(6) STEM.—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) STEM education.—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).<num value="I">TITLE I—</num><heading>MAXIMIZING BASIC RESEARCH</heading>
<section id="d44763e466" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s101" style="-uslm-lc:I650143"><num value="101">SEC. 101. </num><heading>REAFFIRMATION OF MERIT-BASED PEER REVIEW.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e470" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s101/a" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Sense of Congress</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>It is the sense of Congress that—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e478" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s101/a/1" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>sustained, predictable Federal funding of basic research is essential to United States leadership in science and technology;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e482" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s101/a/2" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>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;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e486" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s101/a/3" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><chapeau>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—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e490" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s101/a/3/A" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>the proposals funded by the Foundation are of high quality and advance scientific knowledge; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e494" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s101/a/3/B" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>the Foundation’s grants address societal needs through basic research findings or through related activities; and</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e498" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s101/a/4" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><content>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.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e502" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s101/b" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Merit Review Criteria</inline>.—</heading><content>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.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e510" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s101/c" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Updates</inline>.—</heading><content>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.</content></subsection></section>
<section id="d44763e519" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s102" style="-uslm-lc:I650143"><num value="102">SEC. 102. </num><heading>TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e523" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s102/a" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Findings</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e530" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s102/a/1" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>building the understanding of and confidence in investments in basic research is essential to public support for sustained, predictable Federal funding;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e534" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s102/a/2" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>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</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e538" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s102/a/3" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>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.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e542" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s102/b" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Guidance</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e549" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s102/b/1" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><content>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.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e557" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s102/b/2" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Requirements</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>The guidance under paragraph (1) shall require that each public notice of a Foundation-funded research project justify the expenditure of Federal funds by—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e565" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s102/b/2/A" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><chapeau>describing how the project—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e569" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s102/b/2/A/i" style="-uslm-lc:I650126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">(i) </num><content>reflects the statutory mission of the Foundation, as established in the National Science Foundation Act of 1950 (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1861/etseq">42 U.S.C. 1861 et seq.</ref>); and</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e577" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s102/b/2/A/ii" style="-uslm-lc:I650126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">(ii) </num><content>addresses the Foundation’s intellectual merit and broader impacts criteria; and</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e581" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s102/b/2/B" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>clearly identifying the research goals of the project in a manner that can be easily understood by both technical and non-technical audiences.</content></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e585" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s102/c" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Broader Impacts Review Criterion Update</inline>.—</heading><content>Section 526(a) of the America COMPETES Reauthorization Act of 2010 (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1862p–14/a">42 U.S.C. 1862p–14(a)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> to read as follows:<quotedContent><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">“(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Goals</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>The Foundation shall apply a broader impacts review criterion to identify and demonstrate project support of the following goals:</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><content>Increasing the economic competitiveness of the United States.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><content>Advancing of the health and welfare of the American public.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">“(3) </num><content>Supporting the national defense of the United States.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">“(4) </num><content>Enhancing partnerships between academia and industry in the United States.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">“(5) </num><content>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.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="6">“(6) </num><content>Improving public scientific literacy and engagement with science and technology in the United States.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="7">“(7) </num><content>Expanding participation of women and individuals from underrepresented groups in STEM.”</content></paragraph></subsection></quotedContent>.</content></subsection></section>
<section id="d44763e639" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s103" style="-uslm-lc:I650143"><num value="103">SEC. 103. </num><heading>EPSCOR REAFFIRMATION AND UPDATE.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e643" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s103/a" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Findings</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Section 517(a) of the America COMPETES Reauthorization Act of 2010 (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1862p–9/a">42 U.S.C. 1862p–9(a)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e658" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s103/a/1" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><chapeau>in paragraph (1)—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e662" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s103/a/1/A" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>The National</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>the National</quotedText>”; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e673" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s103/a/1/B" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>education,</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>education</quotedText>”;</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e684" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s103/a/2" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>in paragraph (2), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>with 27 States</quotedText>” and all that follows through the semicolon at the end and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>with 28 States and jurisdictions, taken together, receiving only about 12 percent of all National Science Foundation research funding;</quotedText>”;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e695" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s103/a/3" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> paragraph (3) and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> the following:<quotedContent><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">“(3) </num><content>each of the States described in paragraph (2) receives only a fraction of 1 percent of the Foundation’s research dollars each year;”</content></paragraph></quotedContent>; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e712" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s103/a/4" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following:<quotedContent><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">“(4) </num><content>first established at the National Science Foundation in 1979, the Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (referred to in this section as ‘EPSCoR’) assists States and jurisdictions historically underserved by Federal research and development funding in strengthening their research and innovation capabilities;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">“(5) </num><content>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;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="6">“(6) </num><content>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;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="7">“(7) </num><content>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</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="8">“(8) </num><content>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.”</content></paragraph></quotedContent>.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e742" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s103/b" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Sense of Congress</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e749" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s103/b/1" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>It is the sense of Congress that—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e757" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s103/b/1/A" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>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</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e761" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s103/b/1/B" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>EPSCoR should maintain its experimental component by supporting innovative methods for improving research capacity and competitiveness.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e765" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s103/b/2" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Definition of epscor</inline>.—</heading><content>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 (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1862p">42 U.S.C. 1862p note</ref>).</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e777" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s103/c" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Award Structure Updates</inline>.—</heading><content>Section 517 of the America COMPETES Reauthorization Act of 2010 (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1862p–9">42 U.S.C. 1862p–9</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following:<quotedContent><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="g">“(g) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Award Structure Updates</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>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—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><chapeau>consider modifications to EPSCoR proposal solicitation, award type, and project evaluation—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>to more closely align with current agency priorities and initiatives;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>to focus EPSCoR funding on achieving critical scientific, infrastructure, and educational needs of that agency;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C) </num><content>to encourage collaboration between EPSCoR-eligible institutions and researchers, including with institutions and researchers in other States and jurisdictions;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">“(D) </num><content>to improve communication between State and Federal agency proposal reviewers; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="E">“(E) </num><content>to continue to reduce administrative burdens associated with EPSCoR;</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><chapeau>consider modifications to EPSCoR award structures—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>to emphasize long-term investments in building research capacity, potentially through the use of larger, renewable funding opportunities; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>to allow the agency, States, and jurisdictions to experiment with new research and development funding models; and</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">“(3) </num><chapeau>consider modifications to the mechanisms used to monitor and evaluate EPSCoR awards—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>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;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>to identify and disseminate best practices; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C) </num><content>to harmonize metrics across participating Federal agencies, as appropriate.”</content></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></quotedContent>.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e857" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s103/d" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">(d) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Reports</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e864" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s103/d/1" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Congressional reports</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Section 517 of the America COMPETES Reauthorization Act of 2010 (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1862p–9">42 U.S.C. 1862p–9</ref>), as amended, is further amended—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e876" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s103/d/1/A" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> subsection (c);</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e884" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s103/d/1/B" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="redesignate">redesignating</amendingAction> subsections (d) through (g) as subsections (c) through (f), respectively;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e892" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s103/d/1/C" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><chapeau>in subsection (c), as redesignated—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e896" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s103/d/1/C/i" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I650126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">(i) </num><content>in paragraph (1), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>Experimental Programs to Stimulate Competitive Research</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>EPSCoR</quotedText>”; and</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e907" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s103/d/1/C/ii" style="-uslm-lc:I650126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">(ii) </num><chapeau>in paragraph (2)—</chapeau><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e911" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s103/d/1/C/ii/I" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I650128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="I">(I) </num><content>in subparagraphs (A) and (E), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>EPSCoR and Federal EPSCoR-like programs</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>each EPSCoR</quotedText>”;</content></subclause><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e922" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s103/d/1/C/ii/II" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I650128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="II">(II) </num><content>in subparagraph (D), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>EPSCoR and other Federal EPSCoR-like programs</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>each EPSCoR</quotedText>”;</content></subclause><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e933" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s103/d/1/C/ii/III" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I650128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="III">(III) </num><content>in subparagraph (E), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>EPSCoR or Federal EPSCoR-like programs</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>each EPSCoR</quotedText>”; and</content></subclause><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e944" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s103/d/1/C/ii/IV" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I650128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="IV">(IV) </num><content>in subparagraph (G), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>EPSCoR programs</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>each EPSCoR</quotedText>”; and</content></subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e955" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s103/d/1/D" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">(D) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="amend">amending</amendingAction> subsection (d), as redesignated, to read as follows:<quotedContent><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">“(d) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Federal Agency Reports</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Each Federal agency that administers an EPSCoR shall submit to Congress, as part of its Federal budget submission—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><content>a description of the program strategy and objectives;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><chapeau>a description of the awards made in the previous fiscal year, including—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>the total amount made available, by State, under EPSCoR;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>the total amount of agency funding made available to all institutions and entities within each EPSCoR State;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C) </num><content>the efforts and accomplishments to more fully integrate the EPSCoR States in major agency activities and initiatives;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">“(D) </num><content>the percentage of EPSCoR reviewers from EPSCoR States; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="E">“(E) </num><content>the number of programs or large collaborator awards involving a partnership of organizations and institutions from EPSCoR and non-EPSCoR States; and</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">“(3) </num><content>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.”</content></paragraph></subsection></quotedContent>; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e1005" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s103/d/1/E" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="E">(E) </num><content>in subsection (e)(1), as redesignated, by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research or a program similar to the Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>EPSCoR</quotedText>”.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e1016" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s103/d/2" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Results of award structure plan</inline>.—</heading><content>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 (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1862p–9/f">42 U.S.C. 1862p–9(f)</ref>), as amended by this subsection.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e1028" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s103/e" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="e">(e) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Definition of EPSCoR</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e1035" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s103/e/1" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><content>Section 502 of the America COMPETES Reauthorization Act of 2010 (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1862p">42 U.S.C. 1862p note</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="amend">amending</amendingAction> paragraph (2) to read as follows:<quotedContent><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">EPSCoR</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>The term ‘<term>EPSCoR</term>’ means—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>the Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research established by the Foundation; or</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>a program similar to the Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research at another Federal agency.”</content></subparagraph></paragraph></quotedContent>.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e1071" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s103/e/2" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Technical and conforming amendments</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Section 113 of the National Science Foundation Authorization Act of 1988 (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1862g">42 U.S.C. 1862g</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e1086" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s103/e/2/A" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>in the heading, by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText><headingText class="smallCaps"><b>experimental</b></headingText></quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText><headingText class="smallCaps"><b>established</b></headingText></quotedText>”;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e1103" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s103/e/2/B" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>in subsection (a), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>an Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>a program to stimulate competitive research (known as the ‘Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research’)</quotedText>”; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e1114" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s103/e/2/C" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><content>in subsection (b), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>the program</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>the Program</quotedText>”.</content></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section>
<section id="d44763e1126" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s104" style="-uslm-lc:I650143"><num value="104">SEC. 104. </num><heading>CYBERSECURITY RESEARCH.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e1130" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s104/a" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Foundation Cybersecurity Research</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Section 4(a)(1) of the Cyber Security Research and Development Act, as amended (<ref href="/us/usc/t15/s7403/a/1">15 U.S.C. 7403(a)(1)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e1145" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s104/a/1" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>in subparagraph (O), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>and</quotedText>” at the end;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e1153" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s104/a/2" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>in subparagraph (P), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> the period at the end and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> a semicolon; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e1164" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s104/a/3" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following:<quotedContent><subparagraph class="indentUp2 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="Q">“(Q) </num><content>security of election-dedicated voting system software and hardware; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp2 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="R">“(R) </num><content>role of the human factor in cybersecurity and the interplay of computers and humans and the physical world.”</content></subparagraph></quotedContent>.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e1182" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s104/b" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">NIST Cybersecurity Priorities</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e1189" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s104/b/1" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Critical infrastructure awareness</inline>.—</heading><content>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 (<ref href="/us/usc/t15/s272/c/15">15 U.S.C. 272(c)(15)</ref>).</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e1201" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s104/b/2" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Quantum computing</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Under section 2(b) of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t15/s272/b">15 U.S.C. 272(b)</ref>) and section 20 of that Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t15/s278g–3">15 U.S.C. 278g–3</ref>), the Director of NIST shall—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e1216" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s104/b/2/A" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>research information systems for future cybersecurity needs; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e1220" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s104/b/2/B" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><chapeau>coordinate with relevant stakeholders to develop a process—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e1224" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s104/b/2/B/i" style="-uslm-lc:I650126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">(i) </num><content>to research and identify or, if necessary, develop cryptography standards and guidelines for future cybersecurity needs, including quantum-resistant cryptography standards; and</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e1228" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s104/b/2/B/ii" style="-uslm-lc:I650126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">(ii) </num><content>to provide recommendations to Congress, Federal agencies, and industry consistent with the National Technology Transfer and Advancement Act of 1995 (<ref href="/us/pl/104/113">Public Law 104–113</ref>; <ref href="/us/stat/110/775">110 Stat. 775</ref>), for a secure and smooth transition to the standards under clause (i).</content></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e1239" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s104/b/3" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Federal information systems research and development</inline>.—</heading><content>Section 20(d)(3) of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t15/s278g–3/d/3">15 U.S.C. 278g–3(d)(3)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> to read as follows:<quotedContent><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">“(3) </num><chapeau>conduct research and analysis—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>to determine the nature and extent of information security vulnerabilities and techniques for providing cost-effective information security;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>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 <ref href="/us/usc/t44">title 44, United States Code</ref>, 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</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C) </num><content>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 <ref href="/us/usc/t40/s11331">section 11331 of title 40, United States Code</ref>;”</content></subparagraph></paragraph></quotedContent>.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e1280" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s104/b/4" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Voting</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Section 2(c) of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t15/s272/c">15 U.S.C. 272(c)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e1295" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s104/b/4/A" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="redesignate">redesignating</amendingAction> paragraphs (16) through (23) as paragraphs (17) through (24), respectively; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e1303" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s104/b/4/B" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> after paragraph (15) the following:<quotedContent><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="16">“(16) </num><content>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.”</content></paragraph></quotedContent>.</content></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section>
<section id="d44763e1319" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s105" style="-uslm-lc:I650143"><num value="105">SEC. 105. </num><heading>NETWORKING AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT UPDATE.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e1323" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s105/a" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Short Title</inline>.—</heading><content>This section may be cited as the “<shortTitle role="section">Networking and Information Technology Research and Development Modernization Act of 2016</shortTitle>”.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e1335" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s105/b" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Findings</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Section 2 of the High-Performance Computing Act of 1991 (<ref href="/us/usc/t15/s5501">15 U.S.C. 5501</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e1350" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s105/b/1" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>in paragraphs (2) and (5), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>high-performance computing</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>networking and information technology, including high-performance computing,</quotedText>”; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e1361" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s105/b/2" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>in paragraph (3), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>high-performance computing</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>networking and information technology, including high-performance computing</quotedText>”;</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e1372" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s105/c" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Purposes</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Section 3 of the High-Performance Computing Act of 1991 (<ref href="/us/usc/t15/s5502">15 U.S.C. 5502</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e1387" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s105/c/1" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>high-performance computing</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>networking and information technology</quotedText>”;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e1398" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s105/c/2" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><chapeau>in paragraph (1)—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e1402" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s105/c/2/A" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>expanding Federal support for research, development, and application of high-performance computing</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>supporting Federal research, development, and application of networking and information technology</quotedText>”;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e1413" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s105/c/2/B" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>in subparagraph (A), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>high-performance computing</quotedText>” both places it appears and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>networking and information technology</quotedText>”;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e1424" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s105/c/2/C" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> subparagraphs (C) and (D);</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e1432" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s105/c/2/D" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">(D) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> after subparagraph (B) the following:<quotedContent><subparagraph class="indentUp2 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C) </num><content>stimulate research on and promote more rapid development of high-end computing systems software and applications software;”</content></subparagraph></quotedContent>;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e1446" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s105/c/2/E" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="E">(E) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="redesignate">redesignating</amendingAction> subparagraphs (E) through (H) as subparagraphs (D) through (G), respectively;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e1454" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s105/c/2/F" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="F">(F) </num><content>in subparagraph (D), as redesignated, by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>high-end</quotedText>” after “<quotedText>the development of</quotedText>”;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e1462" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s105/c/2/G" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="G">(G) </num><content>in subparagraphs (E) and (F), as redesignated, by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>high-performance computing</quotedText>” each place it appears and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>networking and information technology</quotedText>”; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e1473" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s105/c/2/H" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="H">(H) </num><content>in subparagraph (G), as redesignated, by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>high-performance</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>high-end</quotedText>”; and</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e1484" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s105/c/3" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><chapeau>in paragraph (2)—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e1488" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s105/c/3/A" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>high-performance computing and</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>networking and information technology and</quotedText>”; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e1499" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s105/c/3/B" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>high-performance computing network</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>networking and information technology</quotedText>”.</content></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e1510" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s105/d" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">(d) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Definitions</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Section 4 of the High-Performance Computing Act of 1991 (<ref href="/us/usc/t15/s5503">15 U.S.C. 5503</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e1525" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s105/d/1" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> paragraphs (3) and (5);</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e1533" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s105/d/2" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="redesignate">redesignating</amendingAction> paragraphs (1), (2), (4), (6), and (7) as paragraphs (2), (3), (5), (8), and (9), respectively;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e1541" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s105/d/3" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> before paragraph (2), as redesignated, the following:<quotedContent><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><content>‘cyber-physical systems’ 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;”</content></paragraph></quotedContent>;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e1555" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s105/d/4" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><content>in paragraph (3), as redesignated, by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>high-performance computing</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>networking and information technology</quotedText>”;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e1566" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s105/d/5" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">(5) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> after paragraph (3), as redesignated, the following:<quotedContent><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">“(4) </num><content>‘high-end computing’ 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;”</content></paragraph></quotedContent>;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e1580" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s105/d/6" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="6">(6) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> after paragraph (5), as redesignated, the following:<quotedContent><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="6">“(6) </num><content>‘networking and information technology’ 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;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="7">“(7) </num><content>‘participating agency’ means an agency described in section 101(a)(3)(C);”</content></paragraph></quotedContent>; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e1598" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s105/d/7" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="7">(7) </num><content>in paragraph (8), as redesignated, by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>National High-Performance Computing Program</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>Networking and Information Technology Research and Development Program</quotedText>”.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e1609" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s105/e" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="e">(e) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Title I Heading</inline>.—</heading><content>The heading of title I of the High-Performance Computing Act of 1991 (<ref href="/us/usc/t15/s5511/etseq">15 U.S.C. 5511 et seq.</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText><b>HIGH-PERFORMANCE COMPUTING</b></quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText><b>NETWORKING AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY</b></quotedText>”.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e1635" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s105/f" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="f">(f) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Networking and Information Technology Research and Development Program</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Section 101 of the High-Performance Computing Act of 1991 (<ref href="/us/usc/t15/s5511">15 U.S.C. 5511</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e1650" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s105/f/1" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>in the section heading, by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText><headingText class="smallCaps"><b>national high-performance computing program</b></headingText></quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText><headingText class="smallCaps"><b>networking and information technology research and development program</b></headingText></quotedText>”;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e1667" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s105/f/2" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><chapeau>in subsection (a)—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e1671" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s105/f/2/A" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>in the subsection heading, by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText><headingText class="smallCaps">National High-Performance Computing Program</headingText></quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText><headingText class="smallCaps">Networking and Information Technology Research and Development</headingText></quotedText>”;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e1688" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s105/f/2/B" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><chapeau>in paragraph (1)—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e1692" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s105/f/2/B/i" style="-uslm-lc:I650126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">(i) </num><content>in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>National High-Performance Computing Program</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>Networking and Information Technology Research and Development Program</quotedText>”;</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e1703" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s105/f/2/B/ii" style="-uslm-lc:I650126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">(ii) </num><content>in subparagraph (A), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>high-performance computing, including networking</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>networking and information technology</quotedText>”;</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e1714" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s105/f/2/B/iii" style="-uslm-lc:I650126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">(iii) </num><content>in subparagraphs (B) and (G), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>high-performance</quotedText>” each place it appears and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>high-end</quotedText>”;</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e1725" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s105/f/2/B/iv" style="-uslm-lc:I650126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iv">(iv) </num><content>in subparagraph (C), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>high-performance computing and networking</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>high-end computing, distributed, and networking</quotedText>”;</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e1736" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s105/f/2/B/v" style="-uslm-lc:I650126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="v">(v) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="amend">amending</amendingAction> subparagraph (D) to read as follows:<quotedContent><subparagraph class="indentUp2 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">“(D) </num><content>provide for efforts to increase software security and reliability;”</content></subparagraph></quotedContent>;</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e1750" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s105/f/2/B/vi" style="-uslm-lc:I650126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="vi">(vi) </num><chapeau>in subparagraph (H)—</chapeau><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e1754" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s105/f/2/B/vi/I" style="-uslm-lc:I650128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="I">(I) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>support and guidance</quotedText>” after “<quotedText>provide</quotedText>”; and</content></subclause><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e1762" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s105/f/2/B/vi/II" style="-uslm-lc:I650128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="II">(II) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>and</quotedText>” after the semicolon;</content></subclause></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e1770" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s105/f/2/B/vii" style="-uslm-lc:I650126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="vii">(vii) </num><chapeau>in subparagraph (I)—</chapeau><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e1774" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s105/f/2/B/vii/I" style="-uslm-lc:I650128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="I">(I) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>improving the security</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>improving the security, reliability, and resilience</quotedText>”; and</content></subclause><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e1785" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s105/f/2/B/vii/II" style="-uslm-lc:I650128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="II">(II) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> the period at the end and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> a semicolon; and</content></subclause></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e1796" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s105/f/2/B/viii" style="-uslm-lc:I650126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="viii">(viii) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following:<quotedContent><subparagraph class="indentUp2 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="J">“(J) </num><content>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;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp2 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="K">“(K) </num><content>provide for research and development on human-computer interactions, visualization, and big data;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp2 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="L">“(L) </num><content>provide for research and development on the enhancement of cybersecurity, including the human facets of cyber threats and secure cyber systems;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp2 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="M">“(M) </num><content>provide for the understanding of the science, engineering, policy, and privacy protection related to networking and information technology;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp2 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="N">“(N) </num><content>provide for the transition of high-end computing hardware, system software, development tools, and applications into development and operations; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp2 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="O">“(O) </num><content>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.”</content></subparagraph></quotedContent>;</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e1830" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s105/f/2/C" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><chapeau>in paragraph (2)—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e1834" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s105/f/2/C/i" style="-uslm-lc:I650126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">(i) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="amend">amending</amendingAction> subparagraph (A) to read as follows:<quotedContent><subparagraph class="indentUp2 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>establish the goals and priorities for Federal networking and information technology research, development, education, and other activities;”</content></subparagraph></quotedContent>;</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e1848" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s105/f/2/C/ii" style="-uslm-lc:I650126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">(ii) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="amend">amending</amendingAction> subparagraph (C) to read as follows:<quotedContent><subparagraph class="indentUp2 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C) </num><chapeau>provide for interagency coordination of Federal networking and information technology research, development, education, and other activities undertaken pursuant to the Program—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><content>among the participating agencies; and</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content>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;”</content></clause></subparagraph></quotedContent>;</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e1870" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s105/f/2/C/iii" style="-uslm-lc:I650126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">(iii) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="amend">amending</amendingAction> subparagraph (E) to read as follows:<quotedContent><subparagraph class="indentUp2 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="E">“(E) </num><content>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”</content></subparagraph></quotedContent>; and</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e1884" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s105/f/2/C/iv" style="-uslm-lc:I650126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iv">(iv) </num><content>in subparagraph (F), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>high-performance</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>high-end</quotedText>”; and</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e1895" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s105/f/2/D" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">(D) </num><chapeau>in paragraph (3)—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e1899" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s105/f/2/D/i" style="-uslm-lc:I650126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">(i) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="redesignate">redesignating</amendingAction> subparagraphs (B), (C), (D), and (E) as subparagraphs (C), (D), (E), and (G), respectively;</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e1907" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s105/f/2/D/ii" style="-uslm-lc:I650126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">(ii) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> after subparagraph (A) the following:<quotedContent><subparagraph class="indentUp2 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>provide a detailed description of the nature and scope of research infrastructure designated as such under the Program;”</content></subparagraph></quotedContent>;</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e1921" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s105/f/2/D/iii" style="-uslm-lc:I650126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">(iii) </num><chapeau>in subparagraph (C), as redesignated—</chapeau><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e1925" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s105/f/2/D/iii/I" style="-uslm-lc:I650128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="I">(I) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="amend">amending</amendingAction> clause (i) to read as follows:<quotedContent><clause class="indentUp3 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><content>the Department of Justice;”</content></clause></quotedContent>;</content></subclause><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e1939" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s105/f/2/D/iii/II" style="-uslm-lc:I650128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="II">(II) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="redesignate">redesignating</amendingAction> clauses (vii) through (xi) as clauses (viii) through (xii), respectively;</content></subclause><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e1947" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s105/f/2/D/iii/III" style="-uslm-lc:I650128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="III">(III) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> after clause (vi) the following:<quotedContent><clause class="indentUp3 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="vii">“(vii) </num><content>the Department of Homeland Security;”</content></clause></quotedContent>; and</content></subclause><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e1961" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s105/f/2/D/iii/IV" style="-uslm-lc:I650128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="IV">(IV) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="amend">amending</amendingAction> clause (viii), as redesignated, to read as follows:<quotedContent><clause class="indentUp3 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="viii">“(viii) </num><content>the National Archives and Records Administration;”</content></clause></quotedContent>;</content></subclause></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e1975" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s105/f/2/D/iv" style="-uslm-lc:I650126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iv">(iv) </num><chapeau>in subparagraph (D), as redesignated—</chapeau><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e1979" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s105/f/2/D/iv/I" style="-uslm-lc:I650128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="I">(I) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>is submitted,</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>is submitted, the levels for the previous fiscal year,</quotedText>”; and</content></subclause><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e1990" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s105/f/2/D/iv/II" style="-uslm-lc:I650128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="II">(II) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>each Program Component Area;</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>each Program Component Area and research area supported in accordance with section 102;</quotedText>”;</content></subclause></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e2001" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s105/f/2/D/v" style="-uslm-lc:I650126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="v">(v) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="amend">amending</amendingAction> subparagraph (E), as redesignated, to read as follows:<quotedContent><subparagraph class="indentUp2 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="E">“(E) </num><content>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;”</content></subparagraph></quotedContent>; and</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e2015" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s105/f/2/D/vi" style="-uslm-lc:I650126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="vi">(vi) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> after subparagraph (E), as redesignated, the following:<quotedContent><subparagraph class="indentUp2 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="F">“(F) </num><content>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”</content></subparagraph></quotedContent>;</content></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e2029" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s105/f/3" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><chapeau>in subsection (b)—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e2033" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s105/f/3/A" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><chapeau>in paragraph (1), in the matter preceding subparagraph (A)—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e2037" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s105/f/3/A/i" style="-uslm-lc:I650126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">(i) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>high-performance computing</quotedText>” both places it appears and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>networking and information technology</quotedText>”; and</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e2048" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s105/f/3/A/ii" style="-uslm-lc:I650126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">(ii) </num><content>after the first sentence, by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> the following: “<quotedText>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.</quotedText>”;</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e2056" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s105/f/3/B" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>in paragraph (1)(D), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>high-performance computing, networking technology, and related software</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>networking and information technology</quotedText>”; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e2067" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s105/f/3/C" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><chapeau>in paragraph (2)—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e2071" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s105/f/3/C/i" style="-uslm-lc:I650126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">(i) </num><content>in the second sentence, by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>2</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>3</quotedText>”;</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e2082" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s105/f/3/C/ii" style="-uslm-lc:I650126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">(ii) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>Committee on Science and Technology</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>Committee on Science, Space, and Technology</quotedText>”; and</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e2093" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s105/f/3/C/iii" style="-uslm-lc:I650126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">(iii) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>The first report shall be due within 1 year after the date of enactment of the America COMPETES Act.</quotedText>”;</content></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e2101" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s105/f/4" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><content>in subsection (c)(1)(A), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>high-performance computing</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>networking and information technology</quotedText>”; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e2112" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s105/f/5" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">(5) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following:<quotedContent><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">“(d) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Periodic Reviews</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>The heads of the participating agencies, working through the National Science and Technology Council and the Program, shall—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><content>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</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><content>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.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="e">“(e) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Strategic Plans</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>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—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>emerging activities of Federal networking and information technology research and development; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>the activities described in subsection (a)(1).</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Updates</inline>.—</heading><content>The heads of the participating agencies shall update the strategic plans as appropriate.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">“(3) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Contents</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Each strategic plan shall—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>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;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>specify how the near-term and long-term objectives complement research and development areas in which academia and the private sector are actively engaged;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C) </num><chapeau>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—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><content>across Federal agencies;</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content>across Program Component Areas; and</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">“(iii) </num><content>with industry, Federal and private research laboratories, research entities, institutions of higher education, relevant nonprofit organizations, and international partners of the United States;</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">“(D) </num><content>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</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="E">“(E) </num><content>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.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">“(4) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Private sector efforts</inline>.—</heading><content>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.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">“(5) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Recommendations</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>In developing and updating strategic plans, the heads of the participating agencies shall solicit recommendations and advice from—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>the advisory committee under subsection (b);</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>the Committee on Science and relevant subcommittees of the National Science and Technology Council; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C) </num><content>a wide range of stakeholders, including industry, academia, National Laboratories, and other relevant organizations and institutions.</content></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="f">“(f) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Reports</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>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—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><content>the strategic plans developed under subsection (e)(1); and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><content>each update under subsection (e)(2).”</content></paragraph></subsection></quotedContent>.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e2253" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s105/g" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="g">(g) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">National Research and Education Network</inline>.—</heading><content>Section 102 of the High-Performance Computing Act of 1991 (<ref href="/us/usc/t15/s5512">15 U.S.C. 5512</ref>) is <amendingAction type="repeal">repealed</amendingAction>.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e2268" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s105/h" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="h">(h) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Next Generation Internet</inline>.—</heading><content>Section 103 of the High-Performance Computing Act of 1991 (<ref href="/us/usc/t15/s5513">15 U.S.C. 5513</ref>) is <amendingAction type="repeal">repealed</amendingAction>.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e2283" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s105/i" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">(i) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Grand Challenges in Areas of National Importance</inline>.—</heading><content>Title I of the High-Performance Computing Act of 1991 (<ref href="/us/usc/t15/s5511/etseq">15 U.S.C. 5511 et seq.</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following:<quotedContent><section style="-uslm-lc:I650143"><num value="102">“SEC. 102. </num><heading>GRAND CHALLENGES IN AREAS OF NATIONAL IMPORTANCE.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">“(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In General</inline>.—</heading><content>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.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">“(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Characteristics</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Research and development activities under this section shall—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>include projects selected on the basis of applications for support through a competitive, merit-based process;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>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;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C) </num><content>to the extent practicable, leverage Federal investments through collaboration with related State and private sector initiatives; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">“(D) </num><content>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.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Cost-sharing</inline>.—</heading><content>In selecting applications for support, the agencies may give special consideration to projects that include cost sharing from non-Federal sources.”</content></paragraph></subsection></section>
</quotedContent>.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e2356" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s105/j" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="j">(j) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">National Science Foundation Activities</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Section 201 of the High-Performance Computing Act of 1991 (<ref href="/us/usc/t15/s5521">15 U.S.C. 5521</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e2371" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s105/j/1" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><chapeau>in subsection (a)—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e2375" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s105/j/1/A" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>(a) <headingText class="smallCaps">General Responsibilities.—</headingText></quotedText>”;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e2386" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s105/j/1/B" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><chapeau>in paragraph (1)—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e2390" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s105/j/1/B/i" style="-uslm-lc:I650126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">(i) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>high-end</quotedText>” after “<quotedText>National Science Foundation shall provide</quotedText>”; and</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e2398" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s105/j/1/B/ii" style="-uslm-lc:I650126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">(ii) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>high-performance computing</quotedText>” and all that follows through “<quotedText>networking;</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>networking and information technology; and</quotedText>”;</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e2409" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s105/j/1/C" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> paragraphs (2) through (4); and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e2417" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s105/j/1/D" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">(D) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> after paragraph (1) the following:<quotedContent><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><content>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 (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1885a">42 U.S.C. 1885a</ref> and 1885b).”</content></paragraph></quotedContent>; and</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e2435" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s105/j/2" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> subsection (b).</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e2443" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s105/k" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="k">(k) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">National Aeronautics and Space Administration Activities</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Section 202 of the High-Performance Computing Act of 1991 (<ref href="/us/usc/t15/s5522">15 U.S.C. 5522</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e2458" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s105/k/1" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>(a) <headingText class="smallCaps">General Responsibilities</headingText>.—</quotedText>”;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e2469" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s105/k/2" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>high-performance computing</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>networking and information technology</quotedText>”; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e2480" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s105/k/3" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> subsection (b).</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e2488" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s105/l" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="l">(l) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Department of Energy Activities</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Section 203 of the High-Performance Computing Act of 1991 (<ref href="/us/usc/t15/s5523">15 U.S.C. 5523</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e2503" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s105/l/1" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>(a) <headingText class="smallCaps">General Responsibilities</headingText>.—</quotedText>”;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e2514" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s105/l/2" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>in paragraph (1), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>high-performance computing and networking</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>networking and information technology</quotedText>”;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e2525" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s105/l/3" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>in paragraph (2)(A), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>high-performance</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>high-end</quotedText>”; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e2536" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s105/l/4" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> subsection (b).</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e2544" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s105/m" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="m">(m) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Department of Commerce Activities</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Section 204 of the High-Performance Computing Act of 1991 (<ref href="/us/usc/t15/s5524">15 U.S.C. 5524</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e2559" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s105/m/1" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><chapeau>in subsection (a)(1)—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e2563" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s105/m/1/A" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>in subparagraph (A), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>high-performance computing systems and networks</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>networking and information technology systems and capabilities</quotedText>”;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e2574" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s105/m/1/B" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>in subparagraph (B), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>interoperability of high-performance computing systems in networks and for common user interfaces to systems</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>interoperability and usability of networking and information technology systems</quotedText>”; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e2585" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s105/m/1/C" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><content>in subparagraph (C), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>high-performance computing</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>networking and information technology</quotedText>”;</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e2596" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s105/m/2" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><chapeau>in subsection (b)—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e2600" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s105/m/2/A" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>in the heading, by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText><headingText class="smallCaps">High-Performance Computing and Network</headingText></quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText><headingText class="smallCaps">Networking and Information Technology</headingText></quotedText>”;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e2617" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s105/m/2/B" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>Pursuant to the Computer Security Act of 1987 (<ref href="/us/pl/100/235">Public Law 100–235</ref>; <ref href="/us/stat/101/1724">101 Stat. 1724</ref>), the</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>The</quotedText>”; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e2634" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s105/m/2/C" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>sensitive information in Federal computer systems</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>Federal agency information and information systems</quotedText>”; and</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e2645" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s105/m/3" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> subsections (c) and (d).</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e2653" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s105/n" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="n">(n) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Environmental Protection Agency Activities</inline>.—</heading><content>Section 205 of the High-Performance Computing Act of 1991 (<ref href="/us/usc/t15/s5525">15 U.S.C. 5525</ref>) is <amendingAction type="repeal">repealed</amendingAction>.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e2668" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s105/o" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="o">(o) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Role of the Department of Education</inline>.—</heading><content>Section 206 of the High-Performance Computing Act of 1991 (<ref href="/us/usc/t15/s5526">15 U.S.C. 5526</ref>) is <amendingAction type="repeal">repealed</amendingAction>.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e2683" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s105/p" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="p">(p) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Miscellaneous Provisions</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Section 207 of the High-Performance Computing Act of 1991 (<ref href="/us/usc/t15/s5527">15 U.S.C. 5527</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e2698" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s105/p/1" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>in subsection (a)(2), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>paragraphs (1) through (5) of section 2315(a) of title 10</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>section 3552(b)(6)(A)(i) of title 44</quotedText>”; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e2709" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s105/p/2" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>in subsection (b), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>high-performance computing</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>networking and information technology</quotedText>”.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e2720" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s105/q" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="q">(q) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Repeal</inline>.—</heading><content>Section 208 of the High-Performance Computing Act of 1991 (<ref href="/us/usc/t15/s5528">15 U.S.C. 5528</ref>) is <amendingAction type="repeal">repealed</amendingAction>.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e2735" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s105/r" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="r">(r) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">National Science Foundation Research</inline>.—</heading><content>Section 4(b)(5)(K) of the Cyber Security Research and Development Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t15/s7403/b/5/K">15 U.S.C. 7403(b)(5)(K)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>high-performance computing</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>networking and information technology</quotedText>”.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e2756" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s105/s" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="s">(s) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">National Information Technology Research and Development Program</inline>.—</heading><content>Section 13202(b) of the America Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s17912/b">42 U.S.C. 17912(b)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>National High-Performance Computing Program</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>Networking and Information Technology Research and Development Program</quotedText>”.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e2777" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s105/t" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="t">(t) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Federal Cybersecurity Research and Development</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Section 201(a)(4) of the Cybersecurity Enhancement Act of 2014 (<ref href="/us/usc/t15/s7431/a/4">15 U.S.C. 7431(a)(4)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e2792" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s105/t/1" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>clauses (i) through (x)</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>clauses (i) through (xi)</quotedText>”; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e2803" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s105/t/2" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>under clause (xi)</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>under clause (xii)</quotedText>”.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e2815" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s105/u" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="u">(u) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Additional Repeal</inline>.—</heading><content>Section 4 of the Department of Energy High-End Computing Revitalization Act of 2004 (<ref href="/us/usc/t15/s5543">15 U.S.C. 5543</ref>) is <amendingAction type="repeal">repealed</amendingAction>.</content></subsection></section>
<section id="d44763e2831" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s106" style="-uslm-lc:I650143"><num value="106">SEC. 106. </num><heading>PHYSICAL SCIENCES COORDINATION.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e2835" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s106/a" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">High-energy Physics</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e2842" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s106/a/1" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><content>The Physical Science Subcommittee of the National Science and Technology Council (referred to in this section as “Subcommittee”) 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.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e2850" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s106/a/2" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Purposes</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>The purposes of the Subcommittee include—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e2858" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s106/a/2/A" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>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</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e2862" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s106/a/2/B" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><chapeau>to identify emerging opportunities, stimulate international cooperation, and foster the development of the physical sciences in the United States, including—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e2866" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s106/a/2/B/i" style="-uslm-lc:I650126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">(i) </num><content>in high-energy physics research, including related underground science and engineering research;</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e2870" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s106/a/2/B/ii" style="-uslm-lc:I650126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">(ii) </num><content>in physical infrastructure and facilities;</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e2874" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s106/a/2/B/iii" style="-uslm-lc:I650126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">(iii) </num><content>in information and analysis; and</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e2878" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s106/a/2/B/iv" style="-uslm-lc:I650126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iv">(iv) </num><content>in coordination activities.</content></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e2882" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s106/a/3" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Responsibilities</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>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—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e2890" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s106/a/3/A" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>provide recommendations on planning for construction and stewardship of large facilities participating in high-energy physics;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e2894" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s106/a/3/B" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>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;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e2898" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s106/a/3/C" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><content>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;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e2902" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s106/a/3/D" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">(D) </num><content>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</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e2906" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s106/a/3/E" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="E">(E) </num><chapeau>develop, and update as necessary, a strategic plan to guide Federal programs and activities in support of high-energy physics research, including—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e2910" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s106/a/3/E/i" style="-uslm-lc:I650126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">(i) </num><content>the efforts taken in support of paragraph (2) since the last strategic plan;</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e2914" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s106/a/3/E/ii" style="-uslm-lc:I650126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">(ii) </num><content>an evaluation of the current research needs for maintaining United States leadership in high-energy physics; and</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e2918" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s106/a/3/E/iii" style="-uslm-lc:I650126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">(iii) </num><content>an identification of future priorities in the area of high-energy physics.</content></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e2922" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s106/b" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Radiation Biology</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e2929" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s106/b/1" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><content>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.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e2937" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s106/b/2" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Responsibilities for radiation biology</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>In regard to coordinating Federal efforts related to radiation biology research, the Subcommittee shall—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e2945" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s106/b/2/A" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>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;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e2949" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s106/b/2/B" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>identify opportunities to stimulate international cooperation and leverage research and knowledge from sources outside of the United States;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e2953" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s106/b/2/C" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><content>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;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e2957" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s106/b/2/D" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">(D) </num><content>identify ongoing scientific challenges for understanding the long-term effects of ionizing radiation on biological systems; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e2961" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s106/b/2/E" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="E">(E) </num><content>formulate overall scientific goals for the future of low-dose radiation research in the United States.</content></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e2965" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s106/c" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Fusion Energy Sciences</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e2972" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s106/c/1" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><content>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.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e2980" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s106/c/2" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Responsibilities for fusion energy sciences</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>In regard to coordinating Federal efforts related to fusion energy sciences, the Subcommittee shall—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e2988" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s106/c/2/A" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>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;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e2992" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s106/c/2/B" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>identify opportunities to stimulate international cooperation and leverage research and knowledge from sources outside of the United States, including the ITER project;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e2996" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s106/c/2/C" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><content>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</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e3000" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s106/c/2/D" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">(D) </num><content>formulate overall scientific goals for the future of fusion energy sciences and plasma physics.</content></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section>
<section id="d44763e3005" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s107" style="-uslm-lc:I650143"><num value="107">SEC. 107. </num><heading>LABORATORY PROGRAM IMPROVEMENTS.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e3009" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s107/a" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In General</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>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—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e3017" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s107/a/1" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>interactions with academia, international researchers, and industry; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e3021" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s107/a/2" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>commercial and industrial applications.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e3025" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s107/b" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Optimizing Commercial and Industrial Applications</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>In accordance with the purpose under section 1(b)(3) of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t15/s271/b/3">15 U.S.C. 271(b)(3)</ref>), the comprehensive strategic plan shall—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e3037" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s107/b/1" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>include performance metrics for the dissemination of fundamental research results, measurements, and standards research results to industry, including manufacturing, and other interested parties;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e3041" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s107/b/2" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>document any positive benefits of research on the competitiveness of the interested parties described in paragraph (1);</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e3045" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s107/b/3" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>clarify the current approach to the technology transfer activities of NIST; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e3049" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s107/b/4" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><content>consider recommendations from the National Academy of Sciences.</content></paragraph></subsection></section>
<section id="d44763e3054" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s108" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I650143"><num value="108">SEC. 108. </num><heading>STANDARD REFERENCE DATA ACT UPDATE.</heading><content class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"> Section 2 of the Standard Reference Data Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t15/s290a">15 U.S.C. 290a</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> to read as follows:<quotedContent><section style="-uslm-lc:I650141"><num value="2">“SEC. 2. </num><heading>DEFINITIONS.</heading><chapeau class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"> “For the purposes of this Act:</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Standard reference data</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>The term ‘<term>standard reference data</term>’ means data that is—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><chapeau>either—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><content>quantitative information related to a measurable physical, or chemical, or biological property of a substance or system of substances of known composition and structure;</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content>measurable characteristics of a physical artifact or artifacts;</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">“(iii) </num><content>engineering properties or performance characteristics of a system; or</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iv">“(iv) </num><chapeau>1 or more digital data objects that serve—</chapeau><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="I">“(I) </num><content>to calibrate or characterize the performance of a detection or measurement system; or</content></subclause><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="II">“(II) </num><content>to interpolate or extrapolate, or both, data described in subparagraph (A) through (C); and</content></subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>that is critically evaluated as to its reliability under section 3 of this Act.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Secretary</inline>.—</heading><content>The term ‘<term>Secretary</term>’ means the Secretary of Commerce.”</content></paragraph></section>
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<section id="d44763e3125" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s109" style="-uslm-lc:I650143"><num value="109">SEC. 109. </num><heading>NSF MID-SCALE PROJECT INVESTMENTS.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e3129" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s109/a" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Findings</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Congress makes the following findings:</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e3137" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s109/a/1" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>The Foundation funds major research facilities, infrastructure, and instrumentation that provide unique capabilities at the frontiers of science and engineering.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e3141" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s109/a/2" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>Modern and effective research facilities, infrastructure, and instrumentation are critical to maintaining United States leadership in science and engineering.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e3145" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s109/a/3" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>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.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e3149" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s109/a/4" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><content>The 2010 Astronomy and Astrophysics Decadal Survey recommended a mid-scale innovations program.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e3153" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s109/b" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Mid-scale Projects</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e3160" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s109/b/1" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><content>The Foundation shall evaluate the existing and future needs, across all disciplines supported by the Foundation, for mid-scale projects.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e3168" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s109/b/2" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Strategy</inline>.—</heading><content>The Director of the Foundation shall develop a strategy to address the needs identified in paragraph (1).</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e3176" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s109/b/3" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Briefing</inline>.—</heading><content>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).</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e3184" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s109/b/4" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Definition of mid-scale projects</inline>.—</heading><content>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 (<ref href="/us/pl/111/358">Public Law 111–358</ref>; <ref href="/us/stat/124/4008">124 Stat. 4008</ref>).</content></paragraph></subsection></section>
<section id="d44763e3200" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s110" style="-uslm-lc:I650143"><num value="110">SEC. 110. </num><heading>OVERSIGHT OF NSF MAJOR MULTI-USER RESEARCH FACILITY PROJECTS.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e3204" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s110/a" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Facilities Oversight</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e3211" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s110/a/1" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><content>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.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e3219" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s110/a/2" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Requirements</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>In carrying out paragraph (1), the Director shall—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e3227" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s110/a/2/A" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>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;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e3231" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s110/a/2/B" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>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;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e3235" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s110/a/2/C" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><content>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;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e3239" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s110/a/2/D" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">(D) </num><content>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);</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e3243" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s110/a/2/E" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="E">(E) </num><content>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;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e3247" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s110/a/2/F" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="F">(F) </num><content>coordinate the sharing of the best management practices and lessons learned from each major multi-user research facility project;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e3251" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s110/a/2/G" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="G">(G) </num><chapeau>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—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e3255" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s110/a/2/G/i" style="-uslm-lc:I650126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">(i) </num><content>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;</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e3259" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s110/a/2/G/ii" style="-uslm-lc:I650126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">(ii) </num><content>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;</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e3263" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s110/a/2/G/iii" style="-uslm-lc:I650126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">(iii) </num><content>coordinating and collaborating with research directorates to share best management practices and lessons learned from prior major multi-user research facility projects; and</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e3267" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s110/a/2/G/iv" style="-uslm-lc:I650126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iv">(iv) </num><content>assessing each major multi-user research facility project for cost and schedule risk; and</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e3271" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s110/a/2/H" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="H">(H) </num><content>appoint a senior agency official whose responsibility is oversight of the development, construction, and operations of major multi-user research facilities across the Foundation.</content></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e3275" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s110/b" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Facilities Full Life-cycle Costs</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e3282" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s110/b/1" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><content>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 (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1862k">42 U.S.C. 1862k note</ref>)) in accordance with section 14 of the National Science Foundation Authorization Act of 2002 (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1862n–4">42 U.S.C. 1862n–4</ref>).</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e3297" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s110/b/2" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Implementation</inline>.—</heading><content>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 <ref href="/us/usc/t31/s1105">section 1105 of title 31, United States Code</ref>.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e3309" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s110/c" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Cost Oversight</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e3316" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s110/c/1" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Pre-award analysis</inline>.—</heading><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e3323" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s110/c/1/A" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>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—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e3331" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s110/c/1/A/i" style="-uslm-lc:I650126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">(i) </num><content>an external analysis of the proposed budget has been conducted to ensure the proposal is complete and reasonable;</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e3335" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s110/c/1/A/ii" style="-uslm-lc:I650126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">(ii) </num><content>the analysis under clause (i) follows the Government Accountability Office Cost Estimating and Assessment Guide;</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e3339" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s110/c/1/A/iii" style="-uslm-lc:I650126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">(iii) </num><content>except as provided under subparagraph (C), an analysis of the accounting systems has been conducted;</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e3343" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s110/c/1/A/iv" style="-uslm-lc:I650126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iv">(iv) </num><content>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</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e3347" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s110/c/1/A/v" style="-uslm-lc:I650126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="v">(v) </num><content>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.</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e3351" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s110/c/1/B" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Audits</inline>.—</heading><content>An external analysis under subparagraph (A)(i) may include an audit.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e3359" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s110/c/1/C" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Exception</inline>.—</heading><content>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.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e3367" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s110/c/2" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Construction oversight</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>The Director of the Foundation shall require for each major multi-user research facility project—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e3375" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s110/c/2/A" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>periodic external reviews on project management and performance;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e3379" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s110/c/2/B" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>adequate internal controls, policies, and procedures, and reliable accounting systems in preparation for the incurred cost audits under subparagraph (D);</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e3383" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s110/c/2/C" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><content>annual incurred cost submissions of financial expenditures; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e3387" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s110/c/2/D" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">(D) </num><chapeau>an incurred cost audit of the major multi-user research facility project in accordance with Government Accountability Office Government Auditing Standards—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e3391" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s110/c/2/D/i" style="-uslm-lc:I650126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">(i) </num><content>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</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e3395" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s110/c/2/D/ii" style="-uslm-lc:I650126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">(ii) </num><content>at the completion of the construction phase.</content></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e3399" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s110/c/3" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Operations cost analysis</inline>.—</heading><content>The Director of the Foundation shall require an independent cost analysis of the operational proposal for each major multi-user research facility project.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e3407" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s110/d" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">(d) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Contingency</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e3414" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s110/d/1" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><content>The Director of the Foundation shall strengthen internal controls to improve oversight of contingency on a major multi-user research facility project.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e3422" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s110/d/2" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Requirements</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>In carrying out paragraph (1), the Director of the Foundation shall—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e3430" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s110/d/2/A" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>only include contingency amounts in an award in accordance with <ref href="/us/cfr/t2/s200.433">section 200.433 of title 2, Code of Federal Regulations</ref> (relating to contingency provisions), or any successor regulation;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e3438" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s110/d/2/B" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>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;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e3442" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s110/d/2/C" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><content>track contingency use; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e3446" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s110/d/2/D" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">(D) </num><content>ensure that contingency amounts allocated to the performance baseline are reasonable and allowable.</content></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e3450" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s110/e" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="e">(e) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Use of Fees</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e3457" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s110/e/1" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Sense of congress</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>It is the sense of Congress that—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e3465" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s110/e/1/A" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>the use of taxpayer-funded award fees should be transparent and explicable; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e3469" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s110/e/1/B" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>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.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e3473" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s110/e/2" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Reporting and recordkeeping</inline>.—</heading><content>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.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e3481" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s110/f" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="f">(f) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Oversight Implementation Progress</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>The Director of the Foundation shall—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e3489" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s110/f/1" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><chapeau>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—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e3493" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s110/f/1/A" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>this section;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e3497" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s110/f/1/B" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>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</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e3501" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s110/f/1/C" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><content>all of the issues and recommendations identified by a panel of the National Academy of Public Administration in the December 2015 report entitled “National Science Foundation: Use of Cooperative Agreements to Support Large Scale Investment in Research”; and</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e3505" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s110/f/2" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>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.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e3509" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s110/g" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="g">(g) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Definitions</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>In this section:</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e3517" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s110/g/1" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Appropriate committees of congress</inline>.—</heading><content>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.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e3525" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s110/g/2" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Major multi-user research facility project</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>The term “<term> ‘major multi-user research facility project’ </term>” means a science and engineering facility project that—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e3533" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s110/g/2/A" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><chapeau>exceeds the lesser of—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e3537" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s110/g/2/A/i" style="-uslm-lc:I650126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">(i) </num><content>10 percent of a Directorate’s annual budget; or</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e3541" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s110/g/2/A/ii" style="-uslm-lc:I650126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">(ii) </num><content>$100,000,000 in total project costs; or</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e3545" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s110/g/2/B" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>is funded by the major research equipment and facilities construction account, or any successor account.</content></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section>
<section id="d44763e3551" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s111" style="-uslm-lc:I650143"><num value="111">SEC. 111. </num><heading>PERSONNEL OVERSIGHT.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e3555" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s111/a" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Conflicts of Interest</inline>.—</heading><content>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 (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s4701/etseq">42 U.S.C. 4701 et seq.</ref>).</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e3567" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s111/b" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Justifications</inline>.—</heading><content>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 (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s4701/etseq">42 U.S.C. 4701 et seq.</ref>), 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.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e3579" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s111/c" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Report</inline>.—</heading><content>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.</content></subsection></section>
<section id="d44763e3588" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s112" style="-uslm-lc:I650143"><num value="112">SEC. 112. </num><heading>MANAGEMENT OF THE U.S. ANTARCTIC PROGRAM.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e3592" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s112/a" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Review</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e3599" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s112/a/1" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><content>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.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e3607" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s112/a/2" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Issues to be examined</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>In conducting the review, the Director shall examine, at a minimum, the following:</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e3615" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s112/a/2/A" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><chapeau>Implementation by the Foundation of issues and recommendations identified by—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e3619" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s112/a/2/A/i" style="-uslm-lc:I650126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">(i) </num><content>the Inspector General of the National Science Foundation in audit reports and memoranda on the United States Antarctic Program in the last 4 years;</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e3623" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s112/a/2/A/ii" style="-uslm-lc:I650126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">(ii) </num><content>the U.S. Antarctic Program Blue Ribbon Panel report, More and Better Science in Antarctica through Increased Logistical Effectiveness, issued July 23, 2012; and</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e3627" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s112/a/2/A/iii" style="-uslm-lc:I650126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">(iii) </num><content>the National Research Council report, Future Science Opportunities in Antarctica and the Southern Ocean, issued September 2011.</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e3631" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s112/a/2/B" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>Efforts by the Foundation to track its progress in addressing the issues and recommendations under subparagraph (A).</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e3635" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s112/a/2/C" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><content>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.</content></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e3639" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s112/b" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Briefing</inline>.—</heading><content>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.</content></subsection></section>
<section id="d44763e3648" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s113" style="-uslm-lc:I650143"><num value="113">SEC. 113. </num><heading>NIST CAMPUS SECURITY.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e3652" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s113/a" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Supervisory Authority</inline>.—</heading><content>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.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e3660" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s113/b" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Reports</inline>.—</heading><content>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.</content></subsection></section>
<section id="d44763e3669" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s114" style="-uslm-lc:I650143"><num value="114">SEC. 114. </num><heading>COORDINATION OF SUSTAINABLE CHEMISTRY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e3673" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s114/a" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Importance of Sustainable Chemistry</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>It is the sense of Congress that—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e3681" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s114/a/1" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>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;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e3685" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s114/a/2" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>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;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e3689" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s114/a/3" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>sustainable chemistry can stimulate innovation, encourage new and creative approaches to problems, create jobs, and save money; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e3693" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s114/a/4" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><content>a coordinated effort on sustainable chemistry will allow for a greater return on research investment in this area.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e3697" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s114/b" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Sustainable Chemistry Basic Research</inline>.—</heading><content>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 (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1862p–3">42 U.S.C. 1862p–3</ref>).</content></subsection></section>
<section id="d44763e3710" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s115" style="-uslm-lc:I650143"><num value="115">SEC. 115. </num><heading>MISREPRESENTATION OF RESEARCH RESULTS.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e3714" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s115/a" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Prohibition</inline>.—</heading><content>The Director of the Foundation may revise the regulations under <ref href="/us/cfr/t45/pt689">part 689 of title 45, Code of Federal Regulations</ref> (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.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e3726" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s115/b" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Interagency Communication</inline>.—</heading><content>Upon a finding that research misconduct has occurred, the Foundation shall, in addition to any possible final action under <ref href="/us/cfr/t45/s689.3">section 689.3 of title 45, Code of Federal Regulations</ref>, notify other Federal science agencies of the finding.</content></subsection></section>
<section id="d44763e3739" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s116" style="-uslm-lc:I650143"><num value="116">SEC. 116. </num><heading>RESEARCH REPRODUCIBILITY AND REPLICATION.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e3743" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s116/a" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Sense of Congress</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>It is the sense of Congress that—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e3751" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s116/a/1" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>the gold standard of good science is the ability of a researcher or research laboratory to reproduce a published research finding, including methods;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e3755" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s116/a/2" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>there is growing concern that some published research findings cannot be reproduced or replicated, which can negatively affect the public’s trust in science;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e3759" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s116/a/3" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>there are a complex set of factors affecting reproducibility and replication; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e3763" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s116/a/4" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><content>the increasing interdisciplinary nature and complexity of scientific research may be a contributing factor to issues with research reproducibility and replication.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e3767" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s116/b" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Report</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e3774" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s116/b/1" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>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—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e3782" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s116/b/1/A" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>to assess research and data reproducibility and replicability issues in interdisciplinary research;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e3786" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s116/b/1/B" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>to make recommendations for improving rigor and transparency in scientific research; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e3790" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s116/b/1/C" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><content>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.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e3794" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s116/b/2" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Submission to congress</inline>.—</heading><content>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.</content></paragraph></subsection></section>
<section id="d44763e3804" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s117" style="-uslm-lc:I650143"><num value="117">SEC. 117. </num><heading>BRAIN RESEARCH THROUGH ADVANCING INNOVATIVE NEUROTECHNOLOGIES INITIATIVE.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e3808" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s117/a" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In General</inline>.—</heading><content>The Foundation shall support research activities related to the interagency Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies Initiative.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e3816" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tI/s117/b" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Sense of Congress</inline>.—</heading><content>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.</content></subsection></section>
<num value="II">TITLE II—</num><heading>ADMINISTRATIVE AND REGULATORY BURDEN REDUCTION</heading>
<section id="d44763e3832" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tII/s201" style="-uslm-lc:I650143"><num value="201">SEC. 201. </num><heading>INTERAGENCY WORKING GROUP ON RESEARCH REGULATION.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e3836" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tII/s201/a" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Short Title</inline>.—</heading><content>This section may be cited as the “<shortTitle role="section">Research and Development Efficiency Act</shortTitle>”.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e3848" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tII/s201/b" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Findings</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Congress makes the following findings:</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e3856" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tII/s201/b/1" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>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.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e3860" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tII/s201/b/2" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>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.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e3864" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tII/s201/b/3" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>Federally funded grants are increasingly competitive, with the Foundation funding only approximately 1 in every 5 grant proposals.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e3868" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tII/s201/b/4" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><content>Progress has been made over the last decade in streamlining the pre-award grant application process through the Federal Government’s Grants.gov website.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e3872" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tII/s201/b/5" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">(5) </num><content>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.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e3876" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tII/s201/b/6" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="6">(6) </num><content>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.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e3880" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tII/s201/c" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Sense of Congress</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>It is the sense of Congress that—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e3888" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tII/s201/c/1" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>administrative burdens faced by researchers may be reducing the return on investment of federally funded research and development; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e3892" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tII/s201/c/2" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>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.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e3896" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tII/s201/d" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">(d) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Establishment</inline>.—</heading><content>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 “Working Group”) 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.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e3904" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tII/s201/e" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="e">(e) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Responsibilities</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e3911" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tII/s201/e/1" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>The Working Group shall—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e3919" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tII/s201/e/1/A" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>regularly review relevant, administration-related regulations imposed on federally funded researchers;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e3923" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tII/s201/e/1/B" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>recommend those regulations or processes that may be eliminated, streamlined, or otherwise improved for the purpose described in subsection (d);</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e3927" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tII/s201/e/1/C" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><content>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</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e3931" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tII/s201/e/1/D" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">(D) </num><content>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).</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e3935" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tII/s201/e/2" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Grant review</inline>.—</heading><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e3942" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tII/s201/e/2/A" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>The Working Group shall—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e3950" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tII/s201/e/2/A/i" style="-uslm-lc:I650126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">(i) </num><content>conduct a comprehensive review of Federal science agency grant proposal documents; and</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e3954" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tII/s201/e/2/A/ii" style="-uslm-lc:I650126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">(ii) </num><content>develop, to the extent practicable, a simplified, uniform grant format to be used by all Federal science agencies.</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e3958" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tII/s201/e/2/B" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Considerations</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>In developing the uniform grant format, the Working Group shall consider whether to implement—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e3966" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tII/s201/e/2/B/i" style="-uslm-lc:I650126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">(i) </num><content>procedures for preliminary project proposals in advance of peer-review selection;</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e3970" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tII/s201/e/2/B/ii" style="-uslm-lc:I650126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">(ii) </num><content>increased use of “Just-In-Time” procedures for documentation that does not bear directly on the scientific merit of a proposal;</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e3974" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tII/s201/e/2/B/iii" style="-uslm-lc:I650126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">(iii) </num><content>simplified initial budget proposals in advance of peer review selection; and</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e3978" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tII/s201/e/2/B/iv" style="-uslm-lc:I650126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iv">(iv) </num><content>detailed budget proposals for applicants that peer review selection identifies as likely to be funded.</content></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e3982" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tII/s201/e/3" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Centralized researcher profile database</inline>.—</heading><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e3989" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tII/s201/e/3/A" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Establishment</inline>.—</heading><content>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.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e3997" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tII/s201/e/3/B" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Considerations</inline>.—</heading><content>In establishing the centralized profile database under subparagraph (A), the Working Group shall consider incorporating existing investigator databases.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e4005" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tII/s201/e/3/C" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Grant proposals</inline>.—</heading><content>To the extent practicable, all grant proposals shall utilize the centralized investigator profile database established under subparagraph (A).</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e4013" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tII/s201/e/3/D" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">(D) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Requirements</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Each investigator shall—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e4021" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tII/s201/e/3/D/i" style="-uslm-lc:I650126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">(i) </num><content>be responsible for ensuring the investigator’s profile is current and accurate; and</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e4025" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tII/s201/e/3/D/ii" style="-uslm-lc:I650126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">(ii) </num><content>be assigned a unique identifier linked to the database and accessible to all Federal funding agencies.</content></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e4029" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tII/s201/e/4" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Centralized assurances repository</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>The Working Group shall—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e4037" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tII/s201/e/4/A" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>establish a central repository for all of the assurances required for Federal research grants; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e4041" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tII/s201/e/4/B" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>provide guidance to institutions of higher education and Federal science agencies on the use of the centralized assurances repository.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e4045" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tII/s201/e/5" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">(5) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Comprehensive review</inline>.—</heading><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e4052" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tII/s201/e/5/A" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>The Working Group shall—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e4060" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tII/s201/e/5/A/i" style="-uslm-lc:I650126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">(i) </num><content>conduct a comprehensive review of the mandated progress reports for federally funded research; and</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e4064" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tII/s201/e/5/A/ii" style="-uslm-lc:I650126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">(ii) </num><content>develop a strategy to simplify investigator progress reports.</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e4068" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tII/s201/e/5/B" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Considerations</inline>.—</heading><content>In developing the strategy, the Working Group shall consider limiting progress reports to performance outcomes.</content></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e4076" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tII/s201/f" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="f">(f) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Consultation</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>In carrying out its responsibilities under subsection (e)(1), the Working Group shall consult with academic researchers outside the Federal Government, including—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e4084" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tII/s201/f/1" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>federally funded researchers;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e4088" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tII/s201/f/2" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>non-federally funded researchers;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e4092" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tII/s201/f/3" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>institutions of higher education and their representative associations;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e4096" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tII/s201/f/4" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><content>scientific and engineering disciplinary societies and associations;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e4100" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tII/s201/f/5" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">(5) </num><content>nonprofit research institutions;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e4104" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tII/s201/f/6" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="6">(6) </num><content>industry, including small businesses;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e4108" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tII/s201/f/7" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="7">(7) </num><content>federally funded research and development centers; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e4112" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tII/s201/f/8" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="8">(8) </num><content>members of the public with a stake in ensuring effectiveness, efficiency, and accountability in the performance of scientific research.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e4116" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tII/s201/g" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="g">(g) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Reports</inline>.—</heading><content>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).</content></subsection></section>
<section id="d44763e4125" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tII/s202" style="-uslm-lc:I650143"><num value="202">SEC. 202. </num><heading>SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL COLLABORATION.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e4129" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tII/s202/a" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Definition of Scientific and Technical Workshop</inline>.—</heading><content>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.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e4137" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tII/s202/b" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Sense of Congress</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>It is the sense of Congress that—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e4145" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tII/s202/b/1" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>the United States should encourage broad dissemination of Federal research findings and engagement of Federal researchers with the scientific and technical community; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e4149" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tII/s202/b/2" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><chapeau>laboratory, test center, and field center directors and other similar heads of offices should approve scientific and technical workshop attendance if—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e4153" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tII/s202/b/2/A" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>that attendance would meet the mission of the laboratory or test center; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e4157" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tII/s202/b/2/B" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>sufficient laboratory or test center funds are available for that purpose.</content></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e4161" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tII/s202/c" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Attendance Policies</inline>.—</heading><content>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.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e4169" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tII/s202/d" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">(d) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">NIST Workshops</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Section 2(c) of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t15/s272/c">15 U.S.C. 272(c)</ref>), as amended by section 104 of this Act, is further amended—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e4181" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tII/s202/d/1" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="redesignate">redesignating</amendingAction> paragraphs (19) through (24) as paragraphs (22) through (27), respectively; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e4189" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tII/s202/d/2" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> after paragraph (18) the following:<quotedContent><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="19">“(19) </num><content>host, participate in, and support scientific and technical workshops (as defined in section 202 of the American Innovation and Competitiveness Act);</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="20">“(20) </num><content>collect and retain any fees charged by the Secretary for hosting a scientific and technical workshop described in paragraph (19);</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="21">“(21) </num><content>notwithstanding <ref href="/us/usc/t31">title 31 of the United States Code</ref>, use the fees described in paragraph (20) to pay for any related expenses, including subsistence expenses for participants;”</content></paragraph></quotedContent>.</content></paragraph></subsection></section>
<section id="d44763e4216" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tII/s203" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I650143"><num value="203">SEC. 203. </num><heading>NIST GRANTS AND COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS UPDATE.</heading><content style="-uslm-lc:I650120"> Section 8(a) of the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 (<ref href="/us/usc/t15/s3706/a">15 U.S.C. 3706(a)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>The total amount of any such grant or cooperative agreement may not exceed 75 percent of the total cost of the program.</quotedText>”.</content></section>
<section id="d44763e4232" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tII/s204" style="-uslm-lc:I650143"><num value="204">SEC. 204. </num><heading>REPEAL OF CERTAIN OBSOLETE REPORTS.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e4236" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tII/s204/a" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Repeal of Certain Obsolete Reports</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e4243" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tII/s204/a/1" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">NIST reports</inline>.—</heading><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e4250" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tII/s204/a/1/A" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Report on donation of educationally useful federal equipment to schools</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Section 6(b) of the Technology Administration Act of 1998 (<ref href="/us/usc/t15/s272">15 U.S.C. 272 note</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e4265" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tII/s204/a/1/A/i" style="-uslm-lc:I650126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">(i) </num><content>in paragraph (1), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>(1) <headingText class="smallCaps">In general</headingText>.—</quotedText>” and indenting appropriately; and</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e4276" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tII/s204/a/1/A/ii" style="-uslm-lc:I650126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">(ii) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> paragraph (2).</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e4284" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tII/s204/a/1/B" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Three-year programmatic planning document</inline>.—</heading><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e4291" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tII/s204/a/1/B/i" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I650126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">(i) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><content>Section 23 of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t15/s278i">15 U.S.C. 278i</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> subsections (c) and (d).</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e4309" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tII/s204/a/1/B/ii" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I650126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">(ii) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Conforming amendment</inline>.—</heading><content>Section 10(h)(1) of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t15/s278/h/1">15 U.S.C. 278(h)(1)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> the last sentence.</content></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e4327" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tII/s204/a/2" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Multiagency report on innovation acceleration research</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Section 1008 of the America COMPETES Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s6603">42 U.S.C. 6603</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e4342" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tII/s204/a/2/A" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> subsection (c); and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e4350" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tII/s204/a/2/B" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="redesignate">redesignating</amendingAction> subsection (d) as subsection (c).</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e4358" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tII/s204/a/3" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">NSF reports</inline>.—</heading><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e4365" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tII/s204/a/3/A" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Funding for successful stem education programs; report to congress</inline>.—</heading><content>Section 7012 of the America COMPETES Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1862o–4">42 U.S.C. 1862o–4</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> subsection (c).</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e4383" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tII/s204/a/3/B" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Encouraging participation; evaluation and report</inline>.—</heading><content>Section 7031 of the America COMPETES Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1862o–11">42 U.S.C. 1862o–11</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> subsection (b).</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e4401" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tII/s204/a/3/C" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Math and science partnerships program coordination report</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Section 9(c) of the National Science Foundation Authorization Act of 2002 (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1862n/c">42 U.S.C. 1862n(c)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e4416" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tII/s204/a/3/C/i" style="-uslm-lc:I650126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">(i) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> paragraph (4); and</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e4424" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tII/s204/a/3/C/ii" style="-uslm-lc:I650126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">(ii) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="redesignate">redesignating</amendingAction> paragraph (5) as paragraph (4).</content></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e4432" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tII/s204/b" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">National Nanotechnology Initiative Reports</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>The 21st Century Nanotechnology Research and Development Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t15/s7501/etseq">15 U.S.C. 7501 et seq.</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e4447" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tII/s204/b/1" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="amend">amending</amendingAction> section 2(c)(4) (<ref href="/us/usc/t15/s7501/c/4">15 U.S.C. 7501(c)(4)</ref>) to read as follows:<quotedContent><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">“(4) </num><chapeau>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—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>the near-term and long-term objectives for the Program;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>the anticipated schedule for achieving the near-term objectives; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C) </num><content>the metrics that will be used to assess progress toward the near-term and long-term objectives;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">“(D) </num><content>how the Program will move results out of the laboratory and into application for the benefit of society;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="E">“(E) </num><content>the Program’s support for long-term funding for interdisciplinary research and development in nanotechnology; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="F">“(F) </num><content>the allocation of funding for interagency nanotechnology projects;”</content></subparagraph></paragraph></quotedContent>;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e4488" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tII/s204/b/2" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="amend">amending</amendingAction> section 4(d) (<ref href="/us/usc/t15/s7503/d">15 U.S.C. 7503(d)</ref>) to read as follows:<quotedContent><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">“(d) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Reports</inline>.—</heading><content>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 on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate, and the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the House of Representatives a report its assessments under subsection (c) and its recommendations for ways to improve the Program.”</content></subsection></quotedContent>; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e4509" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tII/s204/b/3" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><chapeau>in section 5 (<ref href="/us/usc/t15/s7504">15 U.S.C. 7504</ref>)—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e4517" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tII/s204/b/3/A" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>in the heading, by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText><headingText class="smallCaps"><b>triennial</b></headingText></quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText><headingText class="smallCaps"><b>quadrennial</b></headingText></quotedText>”;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e4534" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tII/s204/b/3/B" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>in subsection (a), in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>triennial</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>quadrennial</quotedText>”;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e4545" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tII/s204/b/3/C" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><content>in subsection (b), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>triennial</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>quadrennial</quotedText>”;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e4556" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tII/s204/b/3/D" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">(D) </num><content>in subsection (c), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>triennial</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>quadrennial</quotedText>”; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e4567" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tII/s204/b/3/E" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="E">(E) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="amend">amending</amendingAction> subsection (d) to read as follows:<quotedContent><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">“(d) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Report</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><content>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.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Congress</inline>.—</heading><content>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.”</content></paragraph></subsection></quotedContent>.</content></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e4600" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tII/s204/c" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Major Research Equipment and Facilities Construction</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Section 14 of the National Science Foundation Authorization Act of 2002 (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1862n–4">42 U.S.C. 1862n–4</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e4615" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tII/s204/c/1" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="amend">amending</amendingAction> subsection (a) to read as follows:<quotedContent><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">“(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Prioritization of Proposed Major Research Equipment and Facilities Construction</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Development of priorities</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>The Director shall—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>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</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>submit the list described in subparagraph (A) to the Board for approval.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Criteria</inline>.—</heading><content>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 (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1862k">42 U.S.C. 1862k note</ref>)) and the proposed schedule of completion.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">“(3) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Updates</inline>.—</heading><content>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.”</content></paragraph></subsection></quotedContent>;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e4668" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tII/s204/c/2" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> subsection (e);</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e4676" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tII/s204/c/3" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="redesignate">redesignating</amendingAction> subsections (c) and (d) as subsections (b) and (c), respectively; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e4684" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tII/s204/c/4" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="amend">amending</amendingAction> subsection (c), as redesignated, to read as follows:<quotedContent><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">“(c) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Board Approval of Major Research Equipment and Facilities Projects</inline>.—</heading><content>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.”</content></subsection></quotedContent>.</content></paragraph></subsection></section>
<section id="d44763e4704" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tII/s205" style="-uslm-lc:I650143"><num value="205">SEC. 205. </num><heading>REPEAL OF CERTAIN PROVISIONS.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e4708" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tII/s205/a" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Technology Innovation Program</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e4715" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tII/s205/a/1" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><content>Section 28 of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t15/s278n">15 U.S.C. 278n</ref>) is <amendingAction type="repeal">repealed</amendingAction>.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e4730" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tII/s205/a/2" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Conforming amendments</inline>.—</heading><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e4737" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tII/s205/a/2/A" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Additional award criteria</inline>.—</heading><content>Section 4226(b) of the Small Business Jobs Act of 2010 (<ref href="/us/usc/t15/s278n">15 U.S.C. 278n note</ref>) is <amendingAction type="repeal">repealed</amendingAction>.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e4752" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tII/s205/a/2/B" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Management costs</inline>.—</heading><content>Section 2(d) of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t15/s272/d">15 U.S.C. 272(d)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>sections 25, 26, and 28</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>sections 25 and 26</quotedText>”.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e4773" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tII/s205/a/2/C" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Annual and other reports to secretary and congress</inline>.—</heading><content>Section 10(h)(1) of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t15/s278/h/1">15 U.S.C. 278(h)(1)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>, including the Program established under section 28,</quotedText>”.</content></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e4791" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tII/s205/b" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Teachers for a Competitive Tomorrow</inline>.—</heading><content>Sections 6111 through 6116 of the America COMPETES Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t20/s9811">20 U.S.C. 9811</ref>, 9812, 9813, 9814, 9815, 9816) and the items relating to those sections in the table of contents under section 2 of that Act (<ref href="/us/pl/110/69">Public Law 110–69</ref>; <ref href="/us/stat/121/572">121 Stat. 572</ref>) are <amendingAction type="repeal">repealed</amendingAction>.</content></subsection></section>
<section id="d44763e4813" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tII/s206" style="-uslm-lc:I650143"><num value="206">SEC. 206. </num><heading>GRANT SUBRECIPIENT TRANSPARENCY AND OVERSIGHT.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e4817" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tII/s206/a" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In General</inline>.—</heading><content>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.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e4825" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tII/s206/b" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Contents</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>The audit shall include the following:</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e4833" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tII/s206/b/1" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><chapeau>Information regarding the Foundation’s process to oversee—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e4837" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tII/s206/b/1/A" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>the compliance of pass-through entities under section 200.331 and subpart F of part 200 of chapter II of subtitle A of <ref href="/us/cfr/t2">title 2, Code of Federal Regulations</ref>, and the other requirements of that title for subrecipients;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e4845" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tII/s206/b/1/B" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>whether pass-through entities have processes and controls in place regarding financial compliance of subrecipients, where appropriate; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e4849" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tII/s206/b/1/C" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><content>whether pass-through entities have processes and controls in place to maintain approved grant objectives for subrecipients, where appropriate.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e4853" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tII/s206/b/2" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>Recommendations, if necessary, to increase transparency and oversight while balancing administrative burdens.</content></paragraph></subsection></section>
<section id="d44763e4858" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tII/s207" style="-uslm-lc:I650143"><num value="207">SEC. 207. </num><heading>MICRO-PURCHASE THRESHOLD FOR PROCUREMENT SOLICITATIONS BY RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e4862" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tII/s207/a" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Micro-purchase Threshold</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>The micro-purchase threshold for procurement activities administered under sections 6303 through 6305 of <ref href="/us/usc/t31">title 31, United States Code</ref>, 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—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e4874" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tII/s207/a/1" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>$10,000 (as adjusted periodically to account for inflation); or</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e4878" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tII/s207/a/2" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>such higher threshold as determined appropriate by the head of the relevant executive agency and consistent with audit findings under <ref href="/us/usc/t31/ch75">chapter 75 of title 31, United States Code</ref>, internal institutional risk assessment, or State law.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e4886" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tII/s207/b" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Uniform Guidance</inline>.—</heading><content>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 <ref href="/us/cfr/t2/pt200">part 200 of title 2 of the Code of Federal Regulations</ref>.</content></subsection></section>
<section id="d44763e4899" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tII/s208" style="-uslm-lc:I650143"><num value="208">SEC. 208. </num><heading>COORDINATION OF INTERNATIONAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY PARTNERSHIPS.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e4903" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tII/s208/a" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Short Title</inline>.—</heading><content>This section may be cited as the “<shortTitle role="section">International Science and Technology Cooperation Act of 2016</shortTitle>”.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e4915" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tII/s208/b" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Establishment</inline>.—</heading><content>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.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e4923" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tII/s208/c" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">NSTC Body Leadership</inline>.—</heading><content>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.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e4931" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tII/s208/d" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">(d) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Responsibilities</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>The body established under subsection (b) shall—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e4939" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tII/s208/d/1" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>plan and coordinate interagency international science and technology cooperative research and training activities and partnerships supported or managed by Federal agencies;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e4943" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tII/s208/d/2" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>work with other National Science and Technology Council committees to help plan and coordinate the international component of national science and technology priorities;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e4947" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tII/s208/d/3" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>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;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e4951" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tII/s208/d/4" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><content>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;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e4955" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tII/s208/d/5" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">(5) </num><content>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</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e4959" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tII/s208/d/6" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="6">(6) </num><content>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.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e4963" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tII/s208/e" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="e">(e) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Report to Congress</inline>.—</heading><content>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.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e4971" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tII/s208/f" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="f">(f) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Website</inline>.—</heading><content>The Director shall make each report available to the public on the Office of Science and Technology Policy website.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e4979" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tII/s208/g" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="g">(g) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Termination</inline>.—</heading><content>The body established under subsection (b) shall terminate on the date that is 10 years after the date of enactment of this Act.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e4987" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tII/s208/h" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="h">(h) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Additional Reports to Congress</inline>.—</heading><content>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.</content></subsection></section>
<num value="III">TITLE III—</num><heading>SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, AND MATH EDUCATION</heading>
<section id="d44763e5002" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIII/s301" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I650143"><num value="301">SEC. 301. </num><heading>ROBERT NOYCE TEACHER SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM UPDATE.</heading><content class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"> Section 10A of the National Science Foundation Authorization Act of 2002 (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1862n–1a">42 U.S.C. 1862n–1a</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following:<quotedContent><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="k">“(k) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">STEM Teacher Service and Retention</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>The Director shall develop and implement practices for increasing the proportion of individuals receiving fellowships under this section who—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>fulfill the service obligation required under subsection (h); and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>remain in the teaching profession in a high need local educational agency beyond the service obligation.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Practices</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>The practices described under paragraph (1) may include—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>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;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>increasing recruitment from high need districts;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C) </num><content>establishing a system to better collect, track, and respond to data on the career decisions of individuals receiving fellowships under this section;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">“(D) </num><content>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 (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1885a">42 U.S.C. 1885a</ref>, 1885b); and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="E">“(E) </num><content>conducting pilot programs to improve teacher service and retention.”</content></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></quotedContent>.</content></section>
<section id="d44763e5076" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIII/s302" style="-uslm-lc:I650143"><num value="302">SEC. 302. </num><heading>SPACE GRANTS.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e5080" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIII/s302/a" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Sense of Congress</inline>.—</heading><content>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.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e5088" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIII/s302/b" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Administrative Costs</inline>.—</heading><content><ref href="/us/usc/t51/s40303">Section 40303 of title 51, United States Code</ref>, <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following:<quotedContent><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">“(d) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Program Administration Costs</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>In carrying out the provisions of this chapter, the Administrator—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><content>shall maximize appropriated funds for grants and contracts made under section 40304 in each fiscal year; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><content>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.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="e">“(e) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Reports</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>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—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><content>a description of why the Administrator did not meet the cost target under subsection (d); and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><content>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.”</content></paragraph></subsection></quotedContent>.</content></subsection></section>
<section id="d44763e5140" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIII/s303" style="-uslm-lc:I650143"><num value="303">SEC. 303. </num><heading>STEM EDUCATION ADVISORY PANEL.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e5144" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIII/s303/a" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Establishment</inline>.—</heading><content>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 “STEM Education Advisory Panel”) to advise the Committee on STEM Education of the National Science and Technology Council (referred to in this section as “CoSTEM”) on matters relating to STEM education.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e5152" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIII/s303/b" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Members</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e5159" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIII/s303/b/1" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><content>The STEM Education Advisory Panel shall be composed of not less than 11 members.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e5167" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIII/s303/b/2" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Appointment</inline>.—</heading><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e5174" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIII/s303/b/2/A" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><content>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.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e5182" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIII/s303/b/2/B" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Consideration</inline>.—</heading><content>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 (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1885a">42 U.S.C. 1885a</ref>, 1885b), and such other organizations as the Director considers appropriate.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e5194" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIII/s303/b/2/C" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Qualifications</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Members shall—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e5202" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIII/s303/b/2/C/i" style="-uslm-lc:I650126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">(i) </num><content>primarily be individuals from academic institutions, nonprofit organizations, and industry, including in-school, out-of-school, and informal education practitioners; and</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e5206" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIII/s303/b/2/C/ii" style="-uslm-lc:I650126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">(ii) </num><content>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.</content></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e5210" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIII/s303/c" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Responsibilities</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e5217" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIII/s303/c/1" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>The STEM Education Advisory Panel shall—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e5225" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIII/s303/c/1/A" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>advise CoSTEM;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e5229" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIII/s303/c/1/B" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>periodically assess CoSTEM’s progress in carrying out its responsibilities under section 101(b) of the America COMPETES Reauthorization Act of 2010 (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s6621/b">42 U.S.C. 6621(b)</ref>); and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e5237" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIII/s303/c/1/C" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><content>help identify any need or opportunity to update the strategic plan under section 101(b) of that Act.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e5241" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIII/s303/c/2" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Considerations</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>In its advisory role, the STEM Education Advisory Panel shall consider—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e5249" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIII/s303/c/2/A" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>the management, coordination, and implementation of STEM education programs and activities across the Federal Government;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e5253" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIII/s303/c/2/B" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>the appropriateness of criteria used by Federal agencies to evaluate the effectiveness of Federal STEM education programs and activities;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e5257" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIII/s303/c/2/C" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><content>whether societal and workforce concerns are adequately addressed by current Federal STEM education programs and activities;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e5261" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIII/s303/c/2/D" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">(D) </num><content>how Federal agencies can incentivize institutions of higher education to improve retention of STEM students;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e5265" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIII/s303/c/2/E" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="E">(E) </num><content>ways to leverage private and nonprofit STEM investments and encourage public-private partnerships to strengthen STEM education and help build the STEM workforce pipeline;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e5269" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIII/s303/c/2/F" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="F">(F) </num><content>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;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e5273" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIII/s303/c/2/G" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="G">(G) </num><content>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;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e5277" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIII/s303/c/2/H" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="H">(H) </num><content>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 (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1885a">42 U.S.C. 1885a</ref>, 1885b) in the STEM education and workforce pipelines; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e5286" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIII/s303/c/2/I" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="I">(I) </num><content>ways to encourage geographic diversity in the STEM education and the workforce pipelines.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e5290" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIII/s303/c/3" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Recommendations</inline>.—</heading><content>The STEM Education Advisory Panel shall make recommendations to improve Federal STEM education programs and activities based on each assessment under paragraph (1)(B).</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e5298" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIII/s303/d" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">(d) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Funding</inline>.—</heading><content>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.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e5306" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIII/s303/e" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="e">(e) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Reports</inline>.—</heading><content>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).</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e5314" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIII/s303/f" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="f">(f) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Travel Expenses of Non-Federal Members</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e5321" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIII/s303/f/1" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><content>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 <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s5703">section 5703 of title 5, United States Code</ref>, for individuals in the Government serving without pay.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e5333" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIII/s303/f/2" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Rule of construction</inline>.—</heading><content>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.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e5341" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIII/s303/g" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="g">(g) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Termination</inline>.—</heading><content>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.</content></subsection></section>
<section id="d44763e5350" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIII/s304" style="-uslm-lc:I650143"><num value="304">SEC. 304. </num><heading>COMMITTEE ON STEM EDUCATION.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e5354" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIII/s304/a" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Responsibilities</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Section 101(b) of the America COMPETES Reauthorization Act of 2010 (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s6621/b">42 U.S.C. 6621(b)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e5369" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIII/s304/a/1" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>in paragraph (5)(D), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>; and</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> a semicolon;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e5380" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIII/s304/a/2" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>in paragraph (6), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> the period at the end and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> a semicolon; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e5391" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIII/s304/a/3" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following:<quotedContent><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="7">“(7) </num><content>collaborate with the STEM Education Advisory Panel established under section 303 of the American Innovation and Competitiveness Act and other outside stakeholders to ensure the engagement of the STEM education community;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="8">“(8) </num><content>review the measures used by a Federal agency to evaluate its STEM education activities and programs;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="9">“(9) </num><content>request and review feedback from States on how the States are utilizing Federal STEM education programs and activities; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="10">“(10) </num><content>recommend the reform, termination, or consolidation of Federal STEM education activities and programs, taking into consideration the recommendations of the STEM Education Advisory Panel.”</content></paragraph></quotedContent>.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e5417" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIII/s304/b" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Reports</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Section 101 of the America COMPETES Reauthorization Act of 2010 (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s6621">42 U.S.C. 6621</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e5432" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIII/s304/b/1" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>(c) <headingText class="smallCaps">Report</headingText>.—</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>(d) <headingText class="smallCaps">Reports</headingText>.—</quotedText>”;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e5449" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIII/s304/b/2" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>(b) <headingText class="smallCaps">Responsibilities of OSTP</headingText>.—</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>(c) <headingText class="smallCaps">Responsibilities of OSTP</headingText>.—</quotedText>”; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e5466" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIII/s304/b/3" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><chapeau>in subsection (d), as redesignated—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e5470" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIII/s304/b/3/A" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>in paragraph (4), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>; and</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> a semicolon;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e5481" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIII/s304/b/3/B" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>in paragraph (5), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> the period at the end and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> a semicolon; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e5492" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIII/s304/b/3/C" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following:<quotedContent><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="6">“(6) </num><content>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;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="7">“(7) </num><content>recommendations for reforms, consolidations, and terminations of STEM education programs or activities in the upcoming fiscal year; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="8">“(8) </num><content>a description of any significant new STEM education public-private partnerships.”</content></paragraph></quotedContent>.</content></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section>
<section id="d44763e5516" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIII/s305" style="-uslm-lc:I650143"><num value="305">SEC. 305. </num><heading>PROGRAMS TO EXPAND STEM OPPORTUNITIES.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e5520" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIII/s305/a" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Findings</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Congress makes the following findings:</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e5528" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIII/s305/a/1" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>Economic projections by the Bureau of Labor Statistics indicate that by 2018, there could be 2,400,000 unfilled STEM jobs.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e5532" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIII/s305/a/2" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>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.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e5536" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIII/s305/a/3" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>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.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e5540" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIII/s305/a/4" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><content>A 2014 National Center for Education Statistics study found that underrepresented populations leave the STEM fields at higher rates than their counterparts.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e5544" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIII/s305/a/5" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">(5) </num><content>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.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e5548" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIII/s305/a/6" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="6">(6) </num><content>Black and Hispanic faculty together hold about 6.5 percent of all tenured and tenure-track positions and 5 percent of full professor positions.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e5552" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIII/s305/a/7" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="7">(7) </num><content>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.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e5556" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIII/s305/b" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Sense of Congress</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>It is the sense of Congress that—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e5564" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIII/s305/b/1" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>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;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e5568" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIII/s305/b/2" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>there is currently a disconnect between the availability of and growing demand for STEM-skilled workers;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e5572" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIII/s305/b/3" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>historically, underrepresented populations are the largest untapped STEM talent pools in the United States; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e5576" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIII/s305/b/4" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><content>given the shifting demographic landscape, the United States should encourage full participation of individuals from underrepresented populations in STEM fields.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e5580" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIII/s305/c" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Reaffirmation</inline>.—</heading><content>The Director of the Foundation shall continue to support programs designed to broaden participation of underrepresented populations in STEM fields.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e5588" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIII/s305/d" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">(d) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Grants To Broaden Participation</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e5595" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIII/s305/d/1" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><content>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 (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1885a">42 U.S.C. 1885a</ref>, 1885b).</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e5607" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIII/s305/d/2" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Center of excellence</inline>.—</heading><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e5614" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIII/s305/d/2/A" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><content>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.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e5622" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIII/s305/d/2/B" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Purpose</inline>.—</heading><content>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.</content></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e5630" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIII/s305/e" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="e">(e) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Accountability and Dissemination</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e5637" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIII/s305/e/1" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Evaluation</inline>.—</heading><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e5644" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIII/s305/e/1/A" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><content>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.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e5652" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIII/s305/e/1/B" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Requirements</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>In conducting the evaluation under subparagraph (A), the Director shall—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e5660" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIII/s305/e/1/B/i" style="-uslm-lc:I650126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">(i) </num><content>use a common set of benchmarks and assessment tools to identify best practices and materials developed or demonstrated by the research; and</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e5664" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIII/s305/e/1/B/ii" style="-uslm-lc:I650126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">(ii) </num><content>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.</content></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e5668" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIII/s305/e/2" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Report on evaluations</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>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—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e5676" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIII/s305/e/2/A" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>the results of the evaluation; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e5680" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIII/s305/e/2/B" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>any recommendations for administrative and legislative action that could optimize the effectiveness of the program.</content></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e5684" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIII/s305/f" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="f">(f) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Coordination</inline>.—</heading><content>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.</content></subsection></section>
<section id="d44763e5693" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIII/s306" style="-uslm-lc:I650143"><num value="306">SEC. 306. </num><heading>NIST EDUCATION AND OUTREACH.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e5697" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIII/s306/a" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Repeal</inline>.—</heading><content>The National Institute of Standards and Technology Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t15/s271/etseq">15 U.S.C. 271 et seq.</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> section 18 (<ref href="/us/usc/t15/s278g–1">15 U.S.C. 278g–1</ref>).</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e5718" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIII/s306/b" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Education and Outreach</inline>.—</heading><content>The National Institute of Standards and Technology Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t15/s271/etseq">15 U.S.C. 271 et seq.</ref>), as amended, is further amended by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> after section 17, the following:<quotedContent><section style="-uslm-lc:I650142"><num value="18">“SEC. 18. </num><heading>EDUCATION AND OUTREACH.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">“(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In General</inline>.—</heading><content>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.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">“(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Hiring</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>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—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><content>to ensure corporate memory of and expertise in the fundamental ongoing work, and on developing new capabilities in priority areas;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><content>to maintain high overall technical competence;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">“(3) </num><content>to improve staff diversity;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">“(4) </num><content>to balance emphases on the noncore and core areas; or</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">“(5) </num><content>to improve the ability of the Institute to compete in the marketplace for qualified personnel.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">“(c) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Volunteers</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><content>The Director may establish a program to use volunteers in carrying out the programs of the Institute.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Acceptance of personnel</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>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—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>is to be without compensation; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>will not be used to displace any current employee or act as a substitute for any future full-time employee of the Institute.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">“(3) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Federal employee status</inline>.—</heading><content>Any individual who provides voluntary service under this subsection shall not be considered a Federal employee, except for purposes of <ref href="/us/usc/t5/ch81">chapter 81 of title 5, United States Code</ref> (relating to compensation for injury), and sections 2671 through 2680 of <ref href="/us/usc/t28">title 28, United States Code</ref> (relating to tort claims).</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">“(d) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Research Fellowships</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>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—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>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</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>United States citizens for research and technical activities of the Institute, including programs.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Selection criteria</inline>.—</heading><content>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.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">“(3) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Financial and logistical assistance</inline>.—</heading><content>Notwithstanding <ref href="/us/usc/t31/s1345">section 1345 of title 31, United States Code</ref>, 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.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="e">“(e) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Educational Outreach Activities</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>The Director may—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><content>facilitate education programs for undergraduate and graduate students, postdoctoral researchers, and academic and industry employees;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><content>sponsor summer workshops for STEM kindergarten through grade 12 teachers as appropriate;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">“(3) </num><content>develop programs for graduate student internships and visiting faculty researchers;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">“(4) </num><content>document publications, presentations, and interactions with visiting researchers and sponsoring interns as performance metrics for improving and continuing interactions with those individuals; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">“(5) </num><content>facilitate laboratory tours and provide presentations for educational, industry, and community groups.”</content></paragraph></subsection></section>
</quotedContent>.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e5893" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIII/s306/c" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Post-doctoral Fellowship Program</inline>.—</heading><content>Section 19 of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t15/s278g–2">15 U.S.C. 278g–2</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> to read as follows:<quotedContent><section style="-uslm-lc:I650142"><num value="19">“SEC. 19. </num><heading>POST-DOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">“(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In General</inline>.—</heading><content>The Institute and the National Academy of Sciences, jointly, shall establish and conduct a post-doctoral fellowship program, subject to the availability of appropriations.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">“(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Organization</inline>.—</heading><content>The post-doctoral fellowship program shall include not less than 20 new fellows per fiscal year.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">“(c) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Evaluations</inline>.—</heading><content>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 (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1885a">42 U.S.C. 1885a</ref>, 1885b) in research areas supported by the Institute.”</content></subsection></section>
</quotedContent>.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e5943" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIII/s306/d" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">(d) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Savings Clauses</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e5950" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIII/s306/d/1" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Research fellowships and other financial assistance to students at institutes of higher education</inline>.—</heading><content>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 (<ref href="/us/usc/t15/s278g–1">15 U.S.C. 278g–1</ref>) 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.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e5962" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIII/s306/d/2" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps"> Post-doctoral fellowship program</inline>.—</heading><content>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 (<ref href="/us/usc/t15/s278g–2">15 U.S.C. 278g–2</ref>) 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.</content></paragraph></subsection></section>
<section id="d44763e5975" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIII/s307" style="-uslm-lc:I650143"><num value="307">SEC. 307. </num><heading>PRESIDENTIAL AWARDS FOR EXCELLENCE IN STEM MENTORING.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e5979" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIII/s307/a" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In General</inline>.—</heading><content>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.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e5987" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIII/s307/b" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Annual Award Recipients</inline>.—</heading><content>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.</content></subsection></section>
<section id="d44763e5996" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIII/s308" style="-uslm-lc:I650143"><num value="308">SEC. 308. </num><heading>WORKING GROUP ON INCLUSION IN STEM FIELDS.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e6000" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIII/s308/a" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Establishment</inline>.—</heading><content>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.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e6008" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIII/s308/b" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Responsibilities</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>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 (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1885a">42 U.S.C. 1885a</ref>, 1885b) in the Federal STEM workforce, including available research and best practices on how to promote diversity and inclusion in STEM fields, including—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e6020" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIII/s308/b/1" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>policies providing flexibility for scientists and engineers that are also caregivers, particularly on the timing of research grants;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e6024" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIII/s308/b/2" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>policies to address the proper handling of claims of sexual harassment;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e6028" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIII/s308/b/3" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>policies to minimize the effects of implicit bias and other systemic factors in hiring, promotion, evaluation and the workplace in general; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e6032" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIII/s308/b/4" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><content>other evidence-based strategies that the working group considers effective for promoting diversity and inclusion in the STEM fields.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e6036" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIII/s308/c" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Stakeholder Input</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>In carrying out the responsibilities under section (b), the working group shall solicit and consider input and recommendations from non-Federal stakeholders, including—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e6044" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIII/s308/c/1" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>the Council of Advisors on Science and Technology;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e6048" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIII/s308/c/2" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>federally funded and non-federally funded researchers, institutions of higher education, scientific disciplinary societies, and associations;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e6052" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIII/s308/c/3" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>nonprofit research institutions;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e6056" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIII/s308/c/4" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><content>industry, including small businesses;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e6060" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIII/s308/c/5" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">(5) </num><content>federally funded research and development centers;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e6064" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIII/s308/c/6" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="6">(6) </num><content>non-governmental organizations; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e6068" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIII/s308/c/7" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="7">(7) </num><content>such other members of the public interested in promoting a diverse and inclusive Federal STEM workforce.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e6072" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIII/s308/d" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">(d) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Public Reports</inline>.—</heading><content>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.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e6080" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIII/s308/e" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="e">(e) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Termination</inline>.—</heading><content>The interagency working group established under subsection (a) shall terminate on the date that is 10 years after the date that it is established.</content></subsection></section>
<section id="d44763e6089" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIII/s309" style="-uslm-lc:I650143"><num value="309">SEC. 309. </num><heading>IMPROVING UNDERGRADUATE STEM EXPERIENCES.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e6093" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIII/s309/a" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Sense of Congress</inline>.—</heading><content>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.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e6101" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIII/s309/b" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Identification of Research Programs</inline>.—</heading><content>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).</content></subsection></section>
<section id="d44763e6110" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIII/s310" style="-uslm-lc:I650143"><num value="310">SEC. 310. </num><heading>COMPUTER SCIENCE EDUCATION RESEARCH.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e6114" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIII/s310/a" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Findings</inline>.—</heading><content>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.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e6122" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIII/s310/b" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Grant Program</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e6129" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIII/s310/b/1" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><content>The Director of the Foundation shall award grants to eligible entities to research computer science education and computational thinking.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e6137" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIII/s310/b/2" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Research</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>The research described in paragraph (1) may include the development or adaptation, piloting or full implementation, and testing of—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e6145" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIII/s310/b/2/A" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>models of preservice preparation for teachers who will teach computer science and computational thinking;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e6149" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIII/s310/b/2/B" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>scalable and sustainable models of professional development and ongoing support for the teachers described in subparagraph (A);</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e6153" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIII/s310/b/2/C" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><content>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</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e6157" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIII/s310/b/2/D" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">(D) </num><content>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.</content></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e6161" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIII/s310/c" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Collaborations</inline>.—</heading><content>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.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e6169" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIII/s310/d" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">(d) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Metrics</inline>.—</heading><content>The Director of the Foundation shall develop metrics to measure the success of the grant program funded under this section in achieving program goals.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e6177" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIII/s310/e" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="e">(e) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Report</inline>.—</heading><content>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).</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e6185" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIII/s310/f" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="f">(f) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Definition of Eligible Entity</inline>.—</heading><content>In this section, the term “<term>eligible entity</term>” means an institution of higher education or a nonprofit research organization.</content></subsection></section>
<section id="d44763e6195" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIII/s311" style="-uslm-lc:I650143"><num value="311">SEC. 311. </num><heading>INFORMAL STEM EDUCATION.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e6199" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIII/s311/a" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">National STEM Partnership Grants</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Section 3(a) of the STEM Education Act of 2015 (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1862q/a">42 U.S.C. 1862q(a)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e6214" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIII/s311/a/1" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>in paragraph (1), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>; and</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> a semicolon;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e6225" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIII/s311/a/2" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>in paragraph (2), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> the period at the end and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>; and</quotedText>”; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e6236" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIII/s311/a/3" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following:<quotedContent><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">“(3) </num><content>a national partnership of institutions involved in informal STEM learning.”</content></paragraph></quotedContent>.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e6250" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIII/s311/b" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Use of Funds</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Section 3(b) of the STEM Education Act of 2015 (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1862q/b">42 U.S.C. 1862q(b)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e6265" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIII/s311/b/1" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>in paragraph (1), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>; and</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> a semicolon;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e6276" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIII/s311/b/2" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>in paragraph (2), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> the period at the end and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> a semicolon; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e6287" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIII/s311/b/3" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following:<quotedContent><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">“(3) </num><content>fostering on-going partnerships between institutions involved in informal STEM learning, institutions of higher education, and education research centers; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">“(4) </num><content>developing, and making available informal STEM education activities and educational materials.”</content></paragraph></quotedContent>.</content></paragraph></subsection></section>
<section id="d44763e6306" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIII/s312" style="-uslm-lc:I650143"><num value="312">SEC. 312. </num><heading>DEVELOPING STEM APPRENTICESHIPS.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e6310" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIII/s312/a" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Findings</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Congress makes the following findings:</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e6318" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIII/s312/a/1" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><chapeau>The lack of data on the return on investment for United States employers using registered apprenticeships makes it difficult—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e6322" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIII/s312/a/1/A" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>to communicate the value of these programs to businesses; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e6326" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIII/s312/a/1/B" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>to expand registered apprenticeships.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e6330" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIII/s312/a/2" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>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.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e6334" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIII/s312/a/3" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><chapeau>The Secretary of Commerce has initiated—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e6338" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIII/s312/a/3/A" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>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</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e6342" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIII/s312/a/3/B" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><chapeau>discussions with officials at relevant Federal agencies about the need to collect comprehensive data on—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e6346" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIII/s312/a/3/B/i" style="-uslm-lc:I650126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">(i) </num><content>employer-provided worker training; and</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e6350" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIII/s312/a/3/B/ii" style="-uslm-lc:I650126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">(ii) </num><content>existing tools that could be used to collect such data.</content></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e6354" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIII/s312/b" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Development of Apprenticeship Information</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>The Secretary of Commerce shall continue to research the value to businesses of utilizing apprenticeship programs, including—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e6362" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIII/s312/b/1" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>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</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e6366" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIII/s312/b/2" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>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.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e6370" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIII/s312/c" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Dissemination of Apprenticeship Information</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>The Secretary of Commerce shall disseminate findings from research on apprenticeships to businesses and other relevant stakeholders, including—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e6378" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIII/s312/c/1" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>institutions of higher education;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e6382" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIII/s312/c/2" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>State and local chambers of commerce; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e6386" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIII/s312/c/3" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>workforce training organizations.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e6390" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIII/s312/d" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">(d) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">New Apprenticeship Program Study</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>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—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e6398" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIII/s312/d/1" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>training sharing agreements;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e6402" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIII/s312/d/2" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>group training models; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e6406" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIII/s312/d/3" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>pooling resources and best practices.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e6410" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIII/s312/e" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="e">(e) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Economic Development Administration Grants</inline>.—</heading><content>The Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 (<ref href="/us/usc/t15/s3701/etseq">15 U.S.C. 3701 et seq.</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following:<quotedContent><section style="-uslm-lc:I650142"><num value="28">“SEC. 28. </num><heading>STEM APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAMS.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">“(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In General</inline>.—</heading><content>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 ‘STEM’) workers and to expand STEM apprenticeship programs.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">“(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Eligible Recipient Defined</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>In this section, the term ‘<term>eligible recipient</term>’ means—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><content>a State;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><content>an Indian tribe;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">“(3) </num><content>a city or other political subdivision of a State;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">“(4) </num><chapeau>an entity that—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>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</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>has an application that is supported by a State, a political subdivision of a State, or a native organization; or</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">“(5) </num><content>a consortium of any of the entities described in paragraphs (1) through (5).</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">“(c) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Needs Assessment Grants</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>The Secretary of Commerce may provide a grant to an eligible recipient to conduct a needs assessment to identify—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><content>the unmet need of a region’s employer base for skilled STEM workers;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><content>the potential of STEM apprenticeships to address the unmet need described in paragraph (1); and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">“(3) </num><content>any barriers to addressing the unmet need described in paragraph (1).</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">“(d) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Apprenticeship Expansion Grants</inline>.—</heading><content>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.”</content></subsection></section>
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<section id="d44763e6508" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIII/s313" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I650143"><num value="313">SEC. 313. </num><heading>NSF REPORT ON BROADENING PARTICIPATION.</heading><content class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"> Section 204(e) of the National Science Foundation Authorization Act of 1988 (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1885c/e">42 U.S.C. 1885c(e)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> to read as follows:<quotedContent><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="e">“(e) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Biennial Report</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>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—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><content>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</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><content>recommendations regarding how the Foundation could improve outreach and inclusion of these populations in Foundation activities.”</content></paragraph></subsection></quotedContent>.</content></section>
<section id="d44763e6540" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIII/s314" style="-uslm-lc:I650143"><num value="314">SEC. 314. </num><heading>NOAA SCIENCE EDUCATION PROGRAMS.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e6544" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIII/s314/a" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In General</inline>.—</heading><content>Section 4002(a) of the America COMPETES Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t33/s893a/a">33 U.S.C. 893a(a)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>agency, with consideration given to the goal of promoting the participation of individuals from underrepresented groups</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>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 (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1885a">42 U.S.C. 1885a</ref>, 1885b)</quotedText>”.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e6568" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIII/s314/b" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Educational Program Goals</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Section 4002(b)(4) of the America COMPETES Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t33/s893a/b/4">33 U.S.C. 893a(b)(4)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e6583" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIII/s314/b/1" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>in subparagraph (B), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>and</quotedText>” at the end;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e6591" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIII/s314/b/2" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="redesignate">redesignating</amendingAction> subparagraph (C) and subparagraph (D);</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e6599" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIII/s314/b/3" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> after subparagraph (B) the following:<quotedContent><subparagraph class="indentUp2 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C) </num><content>are designed considering the unique needs of underrepresented groups, translating such materials and other resources;”</content></subparagraph></quotedContent>; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e6613" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIII/s314/b/4" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following:<quotedContent><subparagraph class="indentUp2 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="E">“(E) </num><content>are promoted widely, especially among individuals identified in sections 33 and 34 of the Science and Engineering Equal Opportunities Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1885a">42 U.S.C. 1885a</ref>, 1885b); and”</content></subparagraph></quotedContent>.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e6631" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIII/s314/c" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Metrics</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Section 4002 of the America COMPETES Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t33/s893a">33 U.S.C. 893a</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e6646" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIII/s314/c/1" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="redesignate">redesignating</amendingAction> subsections (d) and (e) as subsections (e) and (f), respectively; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e6654" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIII/s314/c/2" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> after section (c) the following:<quotedContent><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">“(d) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Metrics</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>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—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><content>encourage the collection of evidence as relevant to the measurable objectives and milestones; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><content>ensure that program or portfolio evaluations focus on educational outcomes and not just inputs, activities completed, or the number of participants.”</content></paragraph></subsection></quotedContent>.</content></paragraph></subsection></section>
<section id="d44763e6681" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIII/s315" style="-uslm-lc:I650143"><num value="315">SEC. 315. </num><heading>HISPANIC-SERVING INSTITUTIONS UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAM UPDATE.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e6685" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIII/s315/a" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In General</inline>.—</heading><content>Section 7033(a) of the America COMPETES Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1862o–12/a">42 U.S.C. 1862o–12(a)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> as follows:<quotedContent><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">“(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In General</inline>.—</heading><content>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 (<ref href="/us/usc/t20/s1101a">20 U.S.C. 1101a</ref>)) 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.”</content></subsection></quotedContent>.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e6714" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIII/s315/b" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Savings Provision</inline>.—</heading><content>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 (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1862o–12">42 U.S.C. 1862o–12</ref>) 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.</content></subsection></section>
<num value="IV">TITLE IV—</num><heading>LEVERAGING THE PRIVATE SECTOR</heading>
<section id="d44763e6733" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIV/s401" style="-uslm-lc:I650143"><num value="401">SEC. 401. </num><heading>PRIZE COMPETITION AUTHORITY UPDATE.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e6737" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIV/s401/a" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Short Title</inline>.—</heading><content>This section may be cited as the “<shortTitle role="section">Science Prize Competition Act</shortTitle>”.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e6749" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIV/s401/b" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In General</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Section 24 of the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 (<ref href="/us/usc/t15/s3719">15 U.S.C. 3719</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e6764" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIV/s401/b/1" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><chapeau>in subsection (c)—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e6768" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIV/s401/b/1/A" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>in the subsection heading, by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText><headingText class="smallCaps">Prizes</headingText></quotedText>” and by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText><headingText class="smallCaps">Prize Competitions</headingText></quotedText>”;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e6785" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIV/s401/b/1/B" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>prize may be one or more of the following</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>prize competition may be 1 or more of the following types of activities</quotedText>”;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e6796" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIV/s401/b/1/C" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><content>in paragraph (2), by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>competition</quotedText>” after “<quotedText>prize</quotedText>”; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e6804" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIV/s401/b/1/D" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">(D) </num><content>in paragraphs (3) and (4), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>prizes</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>prize competitions</quotedText>”;</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e6815" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIV/s401/b/2" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><chapeau>in subsection (f)—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e6819" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIV/s401/b/2/A" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>in the Federal Register</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>on a publicly accessible Government website, such as www.challenge.gov,</quotedText>”;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e6830" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIV/s401/b/2/B" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>in paragraphs (1), (2), and (3), by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>prize</quotedText>” before “<quotedText>competition</quotedText>”; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e6838" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIV/s401/b/2/C" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><content>in paragraph (4), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>prize</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>cash prize purse or non-cash prize award</quotedText>”;</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e6849" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIV/s401/b/3" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><chapeau>in subsection (g)—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e6853" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIV/s401/b/3/A" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>prize</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>cash prize purse</quotedText>”; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e6864" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIV/s401/b/3/B" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>in paragraph (1), by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>prize</quotedText>” before “<quotedText>competition</quotedText>”;</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e6872" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIV/s401/b/4" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><content>in subsection (h), by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>prize</quotedText>” before “<quotedText>competition</quotedText>” each place it appears;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e6880" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIV/s401/b/5" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">(5) </num><chapeau>in subsection (i)—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e6884" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIV/s401/b/5/A" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>in paragraph (1)(B), by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>prize</quotedText>” before “<quotedText>competition</quotedText>”;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e6892" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIV/s401/b/5/B" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>in paragraph (2)(A), by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>prize</quotedText>” before “<quotedText>competition</quotedText>” each place it appears;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e6900" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIV/s401/b/5/C" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="redesignate">redesignating</amendingAction> paragraph (3) as paragraph (4); and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e6908" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIV/s401/b/5/D" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">(D) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> after paragraph (2) the following:<quotedContent><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">“(3) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Waivers</inline>.—</heading><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><content>An agency may waive the requirement under paragraph (2).</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">List</inline>.—</heading><content>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.”</content></subparagraph></paragraph></quotedContent>;</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e6941" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIV/s401/b/6" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="6">(6) </num><chapeau>in subsection (j)—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e6945" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIV/s401/b/6/A" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>in paragraph (1), by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>prize</quotedText>” before “<quotedText>competition</quotedText>”; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e6953" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIV/s401/b/6/B" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="amend">amending</amendingAction> paragraph (2) to read as follows:<quotedContent><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Licenses</inline>.—</heading><content>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.”</content></paragraph></quotedContent>;</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e6971" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIV/s401/b/7" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="7">(7) </num><chapeau>in subsection (k)—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e6975" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIV/s401/b/7/A" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>in paragraph (1), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>each competition</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>each prize competition</quotedText>” each place it appears;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e6986" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIV/s401/b/7/B" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>in paragraph (2)(A), by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>prize</quotedText>” before “<quotedText>competition</quotedText>”; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e6994" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIV/s401/b/7/C" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><content>in paragraph (3), by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>prize</quotedText>” before “<quotedText>competitions</quotedText>” each place it appears;</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e7002" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIV/s401/b/8" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="8">(8) </num><content>in subsection (l), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>an agreement with</quotedText>” and all that follows through the period at the end and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>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.</quotedText>”;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e7014" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIV/s401/b/9" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="9">(9) </num><chapeau>in subsection (m)—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e7018" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIV/s401/b/9/A" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="amend">amending</amendingAction> paragraph (1) to read as follows:<quotedContent><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><content>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.”</content></paragraph></quotedContent>;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e7036" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIV/s401/b/9/B" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>in paragraph (2), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>prize awards</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>cash prize purses or non-cash prize awards</quotedText>”;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e7047" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIV/s401/b/9/C" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><chapeau>in paragraph (3)—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e7051" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIV/s401/b/9/C/i" style="-uslm-lc:I650126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">(i) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="amend">amending</amendingAction> subparagraph (A) to read as follows:<quotedContent><subparagraph class="indentUp2 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Announcement</inline>.—</heading><content>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.”</content></subparagraph></quotedContent>; and</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e7069" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIV/s401/b/9/C/ii" style="-uslm-lc:I650126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">(ii) </num><chapeau>in subparagraph (B)—</chapeau><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e7073" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIV/s401/b/9/C/ii/I" style="-uslm-lc:I650128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="I">(I) </num><content>in the matter preceding clause (i), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>a prize</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>a cash prize purse or non-cash prize award</quotedText>”;</content></subclause><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e7084" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIV/s401/b/9/C/ii/II" style="-uslm-lc:I650128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="II">(II) </num><content>in clause (i), by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>competition</quotedText>” after “<quotedText>prize</quotedText>”; and</content></subclause><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e7092" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIV/s401/b/9/C/ii/III" style="-uslm-lc:I650128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="III">(III) </num><content>in clause (ii), by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>or State, United States territory, local, or tribal government</quotedText>” after “<quotedText>private</quotedText>”; and</content></subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e7100" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIV/s401/b/9/D" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">(D) </num><chapeau>in paragraph (4)—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e7104" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIV/s401/b/9/D/i" style="-uslm-lc:I650126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">(i) </num><chapeau>in subparagraph (A)—</chapeau><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e7108" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIV/s401/b/9/D/i/I" style="-uslm-lc:I650128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="I">(I) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>a prize</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>a cash prize purse or a non-cash prize award</quotedText>”; and</content></subclause><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e7119" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIV/s401/b/9/D/i/II" style="-uslm-lc:I650128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="II">(II) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>Science and Technology</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>Science, Space, and Technology</quotedText>”; and</content></subclause></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e7130" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIV/s401/b/9/D/ii" style="-uslm-lc:I650126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">(ii) </num><content>in subparagraph (B), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>cash prizes</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>cash prize purses or non-cash prize awards</quotedText>”;</content></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e7141" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIV/s401/b/10" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="10">(10) </num><chapeau>in subsection (n)—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e7145" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIV/s401/b/10/A" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>in the heading, by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText><headingText class="smallCaps">Service</headingText></quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText><headingText class="smallCaps">Services</headingText></quotedText>”;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e7162" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIV/s401/b/10/B" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>the date of the enactment of the America COMPETES Reauthorization Act of 2010,</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>the date of enactment of the American Innovation and Competitiveness Act,</quotedText>”; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e7173" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIV/s401/b/10/C" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>for both for-profit and nonprofit entities and State, United States territory, local, and tribal government entities,</quotedText>” after “<quotedText>contract vehicle</quotedText>”;</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e7181" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIV/s401/b/11" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="11">(11) </num><content>in subsection (o)(1), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>or providing a prize</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>a prize competition or providing a cash prize purse or non-cash prize award</quotedText>”; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e7192" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIV/s401/b/12" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="12">(12) </num><chapeau>in subsection (p)—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e7196" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIV/s401/b/12/A" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>in the heading, by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText><headingText class="smallCaps">Annual</headingText></quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText><headingText class="smallCaps">Biennial</headingText></quotedText>”;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e7213" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIV/s401/b/12/B" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><chapeau>in paragraph (1)—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e7217" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIV/s401/b/12/B/i" style="-uslm-lc:I650126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">(i) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>each year</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>every other year</quotedText>”;</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e7228" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIV/s401/b/12/B/ii" style="-uslm-lc:I650126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">(ii) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>Science and Technology</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>Science, Space, and Technology</quotedText>”; and</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e7239" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIV/s401/b/12/B/iii" style="-uslm-lc:I650126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">(iii) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>fiscal year</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>2 fiscal years</quotedText>”; and</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e7250" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIV/s401/b/12/C" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><chapeau>in paragraph (2)—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e7254" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIV/s401/b/12/C/i" style="-uslm-lc:I650126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">(i) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>The report for a fiscal year</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>A report</quotedText>”;</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e7265" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIV/s401/b/12/C/ii" style="-uslm-lc:I650126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">(ii) </num><chapeau>in subparagraph (C)—</chapeau><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e7269" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIV/s401/b/12/C/ii/I" style="-uslm-lc:I650128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="I">(I) </num><content>in the heading, by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText><headingText class="smallCaps">prizes</headingText></quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText><headingText class="smallCaps">prize purses or non-cash prize awards</headingText></quotedText>”; and</content></subclause><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e7286" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIV/s401/b/12/C/ii/II" style="-uslm-lc:I650128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="II">(II) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>cash prizes</quotedText>” each place it appears and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>cash prize purses or non-cash prize awards</quotedText>”; and</content></subclause></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e7297" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIV/s401/b/12/C/iii" style="-uslm-lc:I650126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">(iii) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following:<quotedContent><subparagraph class="indentUp2 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="G">“(G) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Plan</inline>.—</heading><content>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.”</content></subparagraph></quotedContent>.</content></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section>
<section id="d44763e7316" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIV/s402" style="-uslm-lc:I650143"><num value="402">SEC. 402. </num><heading>CROWDSOURCING AND CITIZEN SCIENCE.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e7320" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIV/s402/a" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Short Title</inline>.—</heading><content>This section may be cited as the “<shortTitle role="section">Crowdsourcing and Citizen Science Act</shortTitle>”.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e7332" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIV/s402/b" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Sense of Congress</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>It is the sense of Congress that—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e7340" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIV/s402/b/1" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>the authority granted to Federal agencies under the America COMPETES Reauthorization Act of 2010 (<ref href="/us/pl/111/358">Public Law 111–358</ref>; <ref href="/us/stat/124/3982">124 Stat. 3982</ref>) to pursue the use of incentive prizes and challenges has yielded numerous benefits;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e7351" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIV/s402/b/2" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>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</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e7355" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIV/s402/b/3" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>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.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e7359" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIV/s402/c" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Definitions</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>In this section:</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e7367" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIV/s402/c/1" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Citizen science</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>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—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e7375" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIV/s402/c/1/A" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>enabling the formulation of research questions;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e7379" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIV/s402/c/1/B" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>creating and refining project design;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e7383" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIV/s402/c/1/C" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><content>conducting scientific experiments;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e7387" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIV/s402/c/1/D" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">(D) </num><content>collecting and analyzing data;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e7391" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIV/s402/c/1/E" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="E">(E) </num><content>interpreting the results of data;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e7395" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIV/s402/c/1/F" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="F">(F) </num><content>developing technologies and applications;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e7399" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIV/s402/c/1/G" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="G">(G) </num><content>making discoveries; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e7403" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIV/s402/c/1/H" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="H">(H) </num><content>solving problems.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e7407" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIV/s402/c/2" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Crowdsourcing</inline>.—</heading><content>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.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e7415" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIV/s402/c/3" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Participant</inline>.—</heading><content>The term “<term>participant</term>” means any individual or other entity that has volunteered in a crowdsourcing or citizen science project under this section.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e7423" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIV/s402/d" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">(d) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Crowdsourcing and Citizen Science</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e7430" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIV/s402/d/1" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><content>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.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e7438" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIV/s402/d/2" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Voluntary services</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Notwithstanding <ref href="/us/usc/t31/s1342">section 1342 of title 31, United States Code</ref>, 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—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e7450" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIV/s402/d/2/A" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>are performed voluntarily as a part of a crowdsourcing or citizen science project authorized under paragraph (1);</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e7454" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIV/s402/d/2/B" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>are not financially compensated for their time; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e7458" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIV/s402/d/2/C" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><content>will not be used to displace any employee of the Federal Government.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e7462" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIV/s402/d/3" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Outreach</inline>.—</heading><content>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.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e7470" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIV/s402/d/4" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Consent, registration, and terms of use</inline>.—</heading><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e7477" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIV/s402/d/4/A" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><content>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.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e7485" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIV/s402/d/4/B" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Disclosures</inline>.—</heading><content>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.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e7493" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIV/s402/d/4/C" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Mode of consent</inline>.—</heading><content>A Federal agency or Federal science agencies, as applicable, may obtain consent electronically or in written form from participants under this section.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e7501" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIV/s402/d/5" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">(5) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Protections for human subjects</inline>.—</heading><content>Any crowdsourcing or citizen science project under this section that involves research involving human subjects shall be subject to <ref href="/us/cfr/t28/pt46">part 46 of title 28, Code of Federal Regulations</ref> (or any successor regulation).</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e7513" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIV/s402/d/6" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="6">(6) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Data</inline>.—</heading><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e7520" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIV/s402/d/6/A" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><content>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.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e7528" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIV/s402/d/6/B" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Notice</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>As part of the consent process, the Federal science agency shall notify all participants—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e7536" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIV/s402/d/6/B/i" style="-uslm-lc:I650126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">(i) </num><content>of the expected uses of the data compiled through the project;</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e7540" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIV/s402/d/6/B/ii" style="-uslm-lc:I650126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">(ii) </num><content>if the Federal science agency will retain ownership of such data;</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e7544" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIV/s402/d/6/B/iii" style="-uslm-lc:I650126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">(iii) </num><content>if and how the data and results from the project would be made available for public or third party use; and</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e7548" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIV/s402/d/6/B/iv" style="-uslm-lc:I650126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iv">(iv) </num><content>if participants are authorized to publish such data.</content></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e7552" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIV/s402/d/7" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="7">(7) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Technologies and applications</inline>.—</heading><content>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.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e7560" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIV/s402/d/8" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="8">(8) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Liability</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Each participant in a crowdsourcing or citizen science project under this section shall agree—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e7568" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIV/s402/d/8/A" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>to assume any and all risks associated with such participation; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e7572" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIV/s402/d/8/B" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>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.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e7576" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIV/s402/d/9" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="9">(9) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Research misconduct</inline>.—</heading><content>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.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e7585" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIV/s402/d/10" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="10">(10) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Multi-sector partnerships</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>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—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e7593" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIV/s402/d/10/A" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>a for profit or nonprofit private sector entity, including a private institution of higher education;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e7597" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIV/s402/d/10/B" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>a State, tribal, local, or foreign government agency, including a public institution of higher education; or</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e7601" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIV/s402/d/10/C" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><content>a public-private partnership.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e7605" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIV/s402/d/11" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="11">(11) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Funding</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>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—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e7613" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIV/s402/d/11/A" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>may use funds appropriated by Congress;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e7617" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIV/s402/d/11/B" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><chapeau>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—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e7621" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIV/s402/d/11/B/i" style="-uslm-lc:I650126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">(i) </num><content>other Federal agencies;</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e7625" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIV/s402/d/11/B/ii" style="-uslm-lc:I650126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">(ii) </num><content>for profit or nonprofit private sector entities, including private institutions of higher education; or</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e7629" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIV/s402/d/11/B/iii" style="-uslm-lc:I650126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">(iii) </num><content>State, tribal, local, or foreign government agencies, including public institutions of higher education; and</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e7633" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIV/s402/d/11/C" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><content>may not give any special consideration to any entity described in subparagraph (B) in return for such funds or in-kind support.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e7637" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIV/s402/d/12" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="12">(12) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Facilitation</inline>.—</heading><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e7644" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIV/s402/d/12/A" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">General services administration assistance</inline>.—</heading><content>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.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e7652" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIV/s402/d/12/B" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Additional guidance</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>The head of each Federal science agency engaged in crowdsourcing or citizen science under this section may—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e7660" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIV/s402/d/12/B/i" style="-uslm-lc:I650126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">(i) </num><content>consult any guidance provided by the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy, including the Federal Crowdsourcing and Citizen Science Toolkit;</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e7664" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIV/s402/d/12/B/ii" style="-uslm-lc:I650126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">(ii) </num><content>designate a coordinator for that Federal science agency’s crowdsourcing and citizen science projects; and</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e7668" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIV/s402/d/12/B/iii" style="-uslm-lc:I650126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">(iii) </num><content>share best practices with other Federal agencies, including participation of staff in the Federal Community of Practice for Crowdsourcing and Citizen Science.</content></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e7672" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIV/s402/e" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="e">(e) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Report</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e7679" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIV/s402/e/1" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><content>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 (<ref href="/us/usc/t15/s3719/p">15 U.S.C. 3719(p)</ref>), a report on the projects and activities carried out under this section.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e7691" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIV/s402/e/2" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Information included</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>The report required under paragraph (1) shall include—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e7699" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIV/s402/e/2/A" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>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;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e7703" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIV/s402/e/2/B" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>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;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e7707" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIV/s402/e/2/C" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><content>the participation rates, submission levels, number of consents, and any other statistic that might be considered relevant in each crowdsourcing and citizen science project;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e7711" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIV/s402/e/2/D" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">(D) </num><chapeau>a detailed description of—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e7715" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIV/s402/e/2/D/i" style="-uslm-lc:I650126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">(i) </num><content>the resources, including personnel and funding, that were used in the execution of each crowdsourcing and citizen science project;</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e7719" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIV/s402/e/2/D/ii" style="-uslm-lc:I650126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">(ii) </num><content>the project activities for which such resources were used; and</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e7723" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIV/s402/e/2/D/iii" style="-uslm-lc:I650126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">(iii) </num><content>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;</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e7727" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIV/s402/e/2/E" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="E">(E) </num><content>a summary of the use of crowdsourcing and citizen science by all Federal science agencies, including interagency and multi-sector partnerships;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e7731" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIV/s402/e/2/F" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="F">(F) </num><content>a description of how each crowdsourcing and citizen science project advanced the mission of each participating Federal science agency;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e7735" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIV/s402/e/2/G" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="G">(G) </num><content>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</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e7739" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIV/s402/e/2/H" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="H">(H) </num><content>any other information that the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy considers relevant.</content></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e7743" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIV/s402/f" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="f">(f) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Savings Provision</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Nothing in this section may be construed—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e7751" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIV/s402/f/1" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>to affect the authority to conduct crowdsourcing and citizen science authorized by any other provision of law; or</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e7755" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIV/s402/f/2" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>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.</content></paragraph></subsection></section>
<section id="d44763e7760" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIV/s403" style="-uslm-lc:I650143"><num value="403">SEC. 403. </num><heading>NIST DIRECTOR FUNCTIONS UPDATE.</heading><chapeau class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"> Section 2(b) of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t15/s272/b">15 U.S.C. 272(b)</ref>), as amended by section 403 of this Act, is further amended—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e7769" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIV/s403/1" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>authorized to take</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>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</quotedText>”;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e7780" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIV/s403/2" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>in paragraph (3), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>compare standards</quotedText>” and all that follows through “<quotedText>Federal Government</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>facilitate standards-related information sharing and cooperation between Federal agencies</quotedText>”; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e7791" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIV/s403/3" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>in paragraph (13), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>Federal, State, and local</quotedText>” and all that follows through “<quotedText>private sector</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>technical standards activities and conformity assessment activities of Federal, State, and local governments with private sector</quotedText>”.</content></paragraph></section>
<section id="d44763e7803" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIV/s404" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I650143"><num value="404">SEC. 404. </num><heading>NIST VISITING COMMITTEE ON ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY UPDATE.</heading><chapeau class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"> Section 10 of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t15/s278">15 U.S.C. 278</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e7815" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIV/s404/1" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><chapeau>in subsection (a)—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e7819" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIV/s404/1/A" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>in the second sentence, by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>15 members appointed by the Director, at least 10 of whom</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>not fewer than 9 members appointed by the Director, a majority of whom</quotedText>”; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e7830" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIV/s404/1/B" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>in the third sentence, by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>National Bureau of Standards</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>National Institute of Standards and Technology</quotedText>”; and</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e7841" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tIV/s404/2" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>in subsection (h)(1), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>, including the Program established under section 28,</quotedText>”.</content></paragraph></section>
<num value="V">TITLE V—</num><heading>MANUFACTURING</heading>
<section id="d44763e7856" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tV/s501" style="-uslm-lc:I650143"><num value="501">SEC. 501. </num><heading>HOLLINGS MANUFACTURING EXTENSION PARTNERSHIP IMPROVEMENTS.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e7860" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tV/s501/a" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Short Title</inline>.—</heading><content>This section may be cited as the “<shortTitle role="section">Manufacturing Extension Partnership Improvement Act</shortTitle>”.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e7872" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tV/s501/b" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In General</inline>.—</heading><content>Section 25 of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t15/s278k">15 U.S.C. 278k</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> to read as follows:<quotedContent><section style="-uslm-lc:I650142"><num value="25">“SEC. 25. </num><heading>HOLLINGS MANUFACTURING EXTENSION PARTNERSHIP.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">“(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Definitions</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>In this section:</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Appropriate committees of congress</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>The term ‘<term>appropriate committees of Congress</term>’ means—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the House of Representatives.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Area career and technical education school</inline>.—</heading><content>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 (<ref href="/us/usc/t20/s2302">20 U.S.C. 2302</ref>).</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">“(3) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Center</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>The term ‘<term>Center</term>’ means a manufacturing extension center that—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>is created under subsection (b); and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>is affiliated with an eligible entity that applies for and is awarded financial support under subsection (e).</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">“(4) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Community college</inline>.—</heading><content>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 (<ref href="/us/usc/t20/s1001/a">20 U.S.C. 1001(a)</ref>)) at which the highest degree that is predominately awarded to students is an associate’s degree.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">“(5) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Eligible entity</inline>.—</heading><content>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.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="6">“(6) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Hollings manufacturing extension partnership or program</inline>.—</heading><content>The term ‘<term>Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership</term>’ or ‘Program’ means the program established under subsection (b).</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="7">“(7) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">MEP advisory board</inline>.—</heading><content>The term ‘<term>MEP Advisory Board</term>’ means the Manufacturing Extension Partnership Advisory Board established under subsection (n).</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">“(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Establishment and Purpose</inline>.—</heading><content>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.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">“(c) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Objective</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>The objective of the Program shall be to enhance competitiveness, productivity, and technological performance in United States manufacturing through—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><content>the transfer of manufacturing technology and techniques developed at the Institute to Centers and, through them, to manufacturing companies throughout the United States;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><content>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;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">“(3) </num><content>efforts to make new manufacturing technology and processes usable by United States-based small and medium-sized companies;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">“(4) </num><content>the active dissemination of scientific, engineering, technical, and management information about manufacturing to industrial firms, including small and medium-sized manufacturing companies;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">“(5) </num><content>the utilization, when appropriate, of the expertise and capability that exists in Federal agencies, other than the Institute, and federally-sponsored laboratories;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="6">“(6) </num><content>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;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="7">“(7) </num><content>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</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="8">“(8) </num><content>the growth in employment and wages at United States-based small and medium-sized companies.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">“(d) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Activities</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>The activities of a Center shall include—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><content>the establishment of automated manufacturing systems and other advanced production technologies, based on Institute-supported research, for the purpose of demonstrations and technology transfer;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><content>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</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">“(3) </num><content>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.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="e">“(e) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Financial Assistance</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Authorization</inline>.—</heading><content>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.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Cost sharing</inline>.—</heading><content>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.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">“(3) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Rule of construction</inline>.—</heading><content>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).</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">“(4) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Regulations</inline>.—</heading><content>The Secretary may revise or promulgate such regulations as necessary to carry out this subsection.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="f">“(f) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Applications</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><content>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.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Program description</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>The Secretary shall establish and update, as necessary—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>a description of the Program;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>the application procedures;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C) </num><content>performance metrics;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">“(D) </num><content>criteria for determining qualified applicants; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="E">“(E) </num><content>criteria for choosing recipients of financial assistance from among the qualified applicants.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="F">“(F) </num><content>procedures for determining allowable cost share contributions; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="G">“(G) </num><content>such other program policy objectives and operational procedures as the Secretary considers necessary.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">“(3) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Cost sharing</inline>.—</heading><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><content>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).</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Agreements with other entities</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>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—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><content>is programmatically reasonable;</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content>will help accomplish programmatic objectives; and</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">“(iii) </num><content>is allocable under Program procedures under subsection (f)(2).</content></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">“(4) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Legal rights</inline>.—</heading><content>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.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">“(5) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Merit review of applications</inline>.—</heading><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><content>The Secretary shall subject each application to merit review.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Considerations</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>In making a decision whether to approve an application and provide financial assistance under subsection (e), the Secretary shall consider, at a minimum—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><content>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;</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content>the quality of service to be provided;</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">“(iii) </num><content>the geographical diversity and extent of the service area; and</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iv">“(iv) </num><content>the type and percentage of funding and in-kind commitment from other sources under paragraph (3).</content></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="g">“(g) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Evaluations</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Third and eighth year evaluations by panel</inline>.—</heading><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><content>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.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Composition</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>The Secretary shall ensure that each evaluation panel appointed under subparagraph (A) is composed of—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><content>private experts, none of whom are connected with the Center evaluated by the panel; and</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content>Federal officials.</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Chairperson</inline>.—</heading><content>For each evaluation panel appointed under subparagraph (B), the Secretary shall appoint a chairperson who is an official of the Institute.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Fifth year evaluations by secretary</inline>.—</heading><content>In the fifth year of operation of a Center, the Secretary shall conduct a review of the Center.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">“(3) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Performance measurement</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>In evaluating a Center an evaluation panel or the Secretary, as applicable, shall measure the performance of the Center against—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>the objective specified in subsection (c);</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>the performance metrics under subsection (f)(2)(C); and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C) </num><content>such other criterion as considered appropriate by the Secretary.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">“(4) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Positive evaluations</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>If an evaluation of a Center is positive, the Secretary may continue to provide financial assistance for the Center—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>in the case of an evaluation occurring in the third year of a Center, through the fifth year of the Center;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>in the case of an evaluation occurring in the fifth year of a Center, through the eighth year of the Center; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C) </num><content>in the case of an evaluation occurring in the eighth year of a Center, through the tenth year of the Center.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">“(5) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Other than positive evaluations</inline>.—</heading><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Probation</inline>.—</heading><content>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).</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Notice and reevaluation</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>If a Center receives an evaluation that is other than positive, the evaluation panel or Secretary, as applicable, shall—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><content>notify the Center of the reason, including any deficiencies in the performance of the Center identified during the evaluation;</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content>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</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">“(iii) </num><content>reevaluate the Center not later than 1 year after the date of the notice under clause (i).</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Continued support during period of probation</inline>.—</heading><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><content>The Secretary may continue to provide financial assistance under subsection (e) for a Center during the probation period.</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Post probation</inline>.—</heading><content>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).</content></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="6">“(6) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Failure to remedy</inline>.—</heading><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><content>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).</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Treatment of centers subject to new competition</inline>.—</heading><content>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.</content></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="h">“(h) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Reapplication Competition for Financial Assistance After 10 Years</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><content>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).</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Incumbent eligible entities</inline>.—</heading><content>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).</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">“(3) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Treatment of centers subject to reapplication competition</inline>.—</heading><content>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.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Process Plan</inline>.—</heading><content>Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of the American Innovation and Competitiveness Act, 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.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="j">“(j) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Operational Requirements</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Protection of confidential information of center clients</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>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 <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s552">section 552 of title 5, United States Code</ref>:</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>Information on the business operation of any participant in the Program or of a client of a Center.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>Trade secrets of any client of a Center.</content></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="k">“(k) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Oversight Boards</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><content>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.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Standards</inline>.—</heading><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><content>The Director shall establish appropriate standards for each board described under paragraph (1).</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Considerations</inline>.—</heading><content>In establishing the standards, the Director shall take into account the type and organizational structure of an eligible entity.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Requirements</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>The standards shall address—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><content>membership;</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content>composition;</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">“(iii) </num><content>term limits;</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iv">“(iv) </num><content>conflicts of interest; and</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="v">“(v) </num><content>such other requirements as the Director considers necessary.</content></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">“(3) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Membership</inline>.—</heading><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Each board established under paragraph (1) shall be composed of members as follows:</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><content>The membership of each board shall be representative of stakeholders in the region in which the Center is located.</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content>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.</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Limitation</inline>.—</heading><content>A member of a board established under paragraph (1) may not serve on more than 1 board established under that paragraph.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">“(4) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Bylaws</inline>.—</heading><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><content>Each board established under paragraph (1) shall adopt and submit to the Director bylaws to govern the operation of the board.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Conflicts of interest</inline>.—</heading><content>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.</content></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="l">“(l) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Acceptance of Funds</inline>.—</heading><content>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 (<ref href="/us/usc/t15/s272/c/7">15 U.S.C. 272(c)(7)</ref>), to be available to the extent provided by appropriations Acts, for the purpose of strengthening United States manufacturing.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="m">“(m) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">MEP Advisory Board</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Establishment</inline>.—</heading><content>There is established within the Institute a Manufacturing Extension Partnership Advisory Board.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Membership</inline>.—</heading><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Composition</inline>.—</heading><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><content>The MEP Advisory Board shall consist of not fewer than 10 members appointed by the Director and broadly representative of stakeholders.</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Requirements</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Of the members appointed under clause (i)—</chapeau><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="I">“(I) </num><content>at least 2 members shall be employed by or on an advisory board for a Center;</content></subclause><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="II">“(II) </num><content>at least 5 members shall be from United States small businesses in the manufacturing sector; and</content></subclause><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="III">“(III) </num><content>at least 1 member shall represent a community college.</content></subclause></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">“(iii) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Limitation</inline>.—</heading><content>No member of the MEP Advisory Board shall be an employee of the Federal Government.</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Term</inline>.—</heading><content>Except as provided in subparagraph (C), the term of office of each member of the MEP Advisory Board shall be 3 years.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Vacancies</inline>.—</heading><content>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.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">“(D) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Serving consecutive terms</inline>.—</heading><content>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.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">“(3) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Meetings</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>The MEP Advisory Board shall—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>meet not less than biannually; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><chapeau>provide to the Director—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><content>advice on the activities, plans, and policies of the Program;</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content>assessments of the soundness of the plans and strategies of the Program; and</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">“(iii) </num><content>assessments of current performance against the plans of the Program.</content></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">“(4) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">FACA applicability</inline>.—</heading><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><content>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 (<ref href="/us/usc/t5/app">5 U.S.C. App.</ref>).</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Exception</inline>.—</heading><content>Section 14 of the Federal Advisory Committee Act shall not apply to the MEP Advisory Board.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">“(5) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Annual report</inline>.—</heading><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><content>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 <ref href="/us/usc/t31/s1105">section 1105 of title 31, United States Code</ref>.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Contents</inline>.—</heading><content>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 (<ref href="/us/usc/t15/s278i">15 U.S.C. 278i</ref>).</content></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="n">“(n) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Small Manufacturers</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Evaluation of obstacles</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>As part of the Program, the Director shall—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>identify obstacles that prevent small manufacturers from effectively competing in the global market;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>implement a comprehensive plan to train the Centers to address the obstacles identified in paragraph (2); and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C) </num><content>facilitate improved communication between the Centers to assist such manufacturers in implementing appropriate, targeted solutions to the obstacles identified in paragraph (2).</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Development of open access resources</inline>.—</heading><content>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.”</content></paragraph></subsection></section>
</quotedContent>.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e8806" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tV/s501/c" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Competitive Awards Program</inline>.—</heading><content>The National Institute of Standards and Technology Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t15/s271/etseq">15 U.S.C. 271 et seq.</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> after section 25 the following:<quotedContent><section style="-uslm-lc:I650143"><num value="25A">“SEC. 25A. </num><heading>COMPETITIVE AWARDS PROGRAM.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">“(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Establishment</inline>.—</heading><content>The Director shall establish within the Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership under section 25 (<ref href="/us/usc/t15/s278k">15 U.S.C. 278k</ref>) and section 26 (<ref href="/us/usc/t15/s278l">15 U.S.C. 278l</ref>) a program of competitive awards among participants described in subsection (b) of this section for the purposes described in subsection (c).</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">“(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Participants</inline>.—</heading><content>Participants receiving awards under this section shall be Centers, or a consortium of Centers.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">“(c) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Purpose, Themes, and Reimbursement</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Purpose</inline>.—</heading><content>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.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Themes</inline>.—</heading><content>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.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">“(3) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Reimbursement</inline>.—</heading><content>Centers may be reimbursed for costs incurred by the Centers under this section.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">“(d) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Applications</inline>.—</heading><content>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.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="e">“(e) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Selection</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Peer review and competitively awarded</inline>.—</heading><content>The Director shall ensure that awards under this section are peer reviewed and competitively awarded.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Geographic diversity</inline>.—</heading><content>The Director shall endeavor to have broad geographic diversity among selected proposals.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">“(3) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Criteria</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>The Director shall select applications to receive awards that the Director determines will achieve 1 or more of the following:</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>Improve the competitiveness of industries in the region in which the Center or Centers are located.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>Create jobs or train newly hired employees.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C) </num><content>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.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">“(D) </num><content>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 (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1885a">42 U.S.C. 1885a</ref>, 1885b).</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="E">“(E) </num><content>Such other result as the Director determines will advance the objective set forth in section 25(c) (<ref href="/us/usc/t15/s278k">15 U.S.C. 278k</ref>) or in section 26 (<ref href="/us/usc/t15/s278l">15 U.S.C. 278l</ref>).</content></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="f">“(f) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Program Contribution</inline>.—</heading><content>Recipients of awards under this section shall not be required to provide a matching contribution.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="g">“(g) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Global Marketplace Projects</inline>.—</heading><content>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.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="h">“(h) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Duration</inline>.—</heading><content>The duration of an award under this section shall be for not more than 3 years.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Definitions</inline>.—</heading><content>The terms used in this section have the meanings given the terms in section 25 (<ref href="/us/usc/t15/s278k">15 U.S.C. 278k</ref>).”</content></subsection></section>
</quotedContent>.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e8991" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tV/s501/d" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">(d) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Reports</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e8998" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tV/s501/d/1" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>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 (<ref href="/us/usc/t15/s278k">15 U.S.C. 278k</ref>)), shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report analyzing—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e9010" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tV/s501/d/1/A" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>the effectiveness of the changes in the cost share to Centers under section 25 of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t15/s278k">15 U.S.C. 278k</ref>);</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e9018" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tV/s501/d/1/B" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>the engagement in services and the characteristics of services provided by 2 types of Centers, including volume and type of service; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e9022" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tV/s501/d/1/C" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><content>whether the cost-sharing ratio has any effect on the services provided by either type of Center.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e9026" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tV/s501/d/2" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Independent assessment</inline>.—</heading><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e9033" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tV/s501/d/2/A" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><content>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.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e9041" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tV/s501/d/2/B" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Consultation</inline>.—</heading><content>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 (<ref href="/us/usc/t15/s278k">15 U.S.C. 278k</ref>)).</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e9053" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tV/s501/d/3" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Comparison of centers</inline>.—</heading><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e9060" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tV/s501/d/3/A" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><content>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 (<ref href="/us/usc/t15/s278k">15 U.S.C. 278k</ref>)) operating from new competitions or recompetition as compared to longstanding Centers.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e9072" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tV/s501/d/3/B" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Contents</inline>.—</heading><content>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.</content></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e9080" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tV/s501/e" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="e">(e) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Conforming Amendments</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e9087" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tV/s501/e/1" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Definitions</inline>.—</heading><chapeau><ref href="/us/usc/t10/s2199/3">Section 2199(3) of title 10, United States Code</ref>, <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e9101" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tV/s501/e/1/A" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>regional center</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>manufacturing extension center</quotedText>”;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e9112" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tV/s501/e/1/B" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>and best business practices</quotedText>” before “<quotedText>referred</quotedText>”; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e9120" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tV/s501/e/1/C" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>25(a)</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>25(b)</quotedText>”.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e9131" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tV/s501/e/2" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Enterprise integration initiative</inline>.—</heading><content>Section 3(a) of the Enterprise Integration Act of 2002 (<ref href="/us/usc/t15/s278g–5/a">15 U.S.C. 278g–5(a)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>Hollings</quotedText>” before “<quotedText>Manufacturing Extension Partnership</quotedText>”.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e9149" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tV/s501/e/3" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Assistance to state technology programs</inline>.—</heading><content>Section 26(a) of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t15/s278l/a">15 U.S.C. 278l(a)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>Centers program created</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership</quotedText>”.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e9170" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tV/s501/f" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="f">(f) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Savings Provisions</inline>.—</heading><content>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 (<ref href="/us/usc/t15/s278k">15 U.S.C. 278k</ref>) 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.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e9182" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tV/s501/g" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="g">(g) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Patent Rights</inline>.—</heading><content>The provisions of <ref href="/us/usc/t35/ch18">chapter 18 of title 35, United States Code</ref>, shall apply, to the extent not inconsistent with section 25 of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t15/s278k">15 U.S.C. 278k</ref>) 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.</content></subsection></section>
<num value="VI">TITLE VI—</num><heading>INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER</heading>
<section id="d44763e9204" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tVI/s601" style="-uslm-lc:I650143"><num value="601">SEC. 601. </num><heading>INNOVATION CORPS.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e9208" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tVI/s601/a" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Findings</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Congress makes the following findings:</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e9216" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tVI/s601/a/1" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>The National Science Foundation Innovation Corps (referred to in this section as the “I-Corps”) was established to foster a national innovation ecosystem by encouraging institutions, scientists, engineers, and entrepreneurs to identify and explore the innovation and commercial potential of National Science Foundation-funded research well beyond the laboratory.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e9220" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tVI/s601/a/2" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>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.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e9224" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tVI/s601/a/3" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>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.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e9228" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tVI/s601/a/4" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><content>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.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e9232" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tVI/s601/a/5" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">(5) </num><content>The I-Corps program model has a strong record of success that should be replicated at all Federal science agencies.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e9236" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tVI/s601/b" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Sense of Congress</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>It is the sense of Congress that—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e9244" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tVI/s601/b/1" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>commercialization of federally funded research can improve the Nation’s competitiveness, grow the economy, and benefit society;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e9248" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tVI/s601/b/2" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>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;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e9252" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tVI/s601/b/3" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>I-Corps should continue to build a network of entrepreneurs, educators, mentors, and institutions and support specialized education and training;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e9256" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tVI/s601/b/4" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><content>researchers other than those funded by the Foundation may also benefit from the education and training described in paragraph (3); and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e9260" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tVI/s601/b/5" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">(5) </num><content>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.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e9264" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tVI/s601/c" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">I-Corps Program</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e9271" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tVI/s601/c/1" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><content>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.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e9279" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tVI/s601/c/2" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Expansion of i-corps</inline>.—</heading><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e9286" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tVI/s601/c/2/A" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>The Director—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e9294" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tVI/s601/c/2/A/i" style="-uslm-lc:I650126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">(i) </num><content>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</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e9298" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tVI/s601/c/2/A/ii" style="-uslm-lc:I650126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">(ii) </num><chapeau>may establish an agreement with another Federal science agency—</chapeau><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e9302" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tVI/s601/c/2/A/ii/I" style="-uslm-lc:I650128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="I">(I) </num><content>to make researchers, students, and institutions funded by that agency eligible to participate in the I-Corps program; or</content></subclause><subclause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e9306" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tVI/s601/c/2/A/ii/II" style="-uslm-lc:I650128"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="II">(II) </num><content>to assist that agency with the design and implementation of its own program that is similar to the I-Corps program.</content></subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e9310" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tVI/s601/c/2/B" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Partnership funding</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>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—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e9318" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tVI/s601/c/2/B/i" style="-uslm-lc:I650126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">(i) </num><content>the training for researchers, students, and institutions selected for the I-Corps program; and</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e9322" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tVI/s601/c/2/B/ii" style="-uslm-lc:I650126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">(ii) </num><content>the locations that Federal science agency designates as regional and national infrastructure for science and engineering entrepreneurship.</content></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e9326" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tVI/s601/c/3" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Follow-on grants</inline>.—</heading><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e9333" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tVI/s601/c/3/A" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>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—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e9341" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tVI/s601/c/3/A/i" style="-uslm-lc:I650126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">(i) </num><content>prototype or proof-of-concept development; and</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e9345" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tVI/s601/c/3/A/ii" style="-uslm-lc:I650126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">(ii) </num><content>such activities as the Director considers necessary to build local, regional, and national infrastructure for science and engineering entrepreneurship.</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e9349" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tVI/s601/c/3/B" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Limitation</inline>.—</heading><content>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.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e9357" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tVI/s601/c/4" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">State and local partnerships</inline>.—</heading><content>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.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e9365" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tVI/s601/c/5" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">(5) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Reports</inline>.—</heading><content>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.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e9373" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tVI/s601/c/6" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="6">(6) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Definitions</inline>.—</heading><content>In this subsection, the terms “Small Business Innovation Research Program” and “Small Business Technology Transfer Program” have the meanings given those terms in section 9 of the Small Business Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t15/s638">15 U.S.C. 638</ref>).</content></paragraph></subsection></section>
<section id="d44763e9386" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tVI/s602" style="-uslm-lc:I650143"><num value="602">SEC. 602. </num><heading>TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH GRANTS.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e9390" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tVI/s602/a" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Sense of Congress</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>It is the sense of Congress that—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e9398" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tVI/s602/a/1" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>commercialization of federally funded research may benefit society and the economy; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e9402" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tVI/s602/a/2" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>not-for-profit organizations support the commercialization of federally funded research by providing useful business and technical expertise to researchers.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e9406" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tVI/s602/b" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Commercialization Promotion</inline>.—</heading><content>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.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e9414" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tVI/s602/c" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Use of Funds</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Activities supported by grants under this section may include—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e9422" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tVI/s602/c/1" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>identifying Foundation-sponsored research and technologies that have the potential for accelerated commercialization;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e9426" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tVI/s602/c/2" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>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;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e9430" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tVI/s602/c/3" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>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;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e9434" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tVI/s602/c/4" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><content>developing multi-disciplinary innovation ecosystems which involve and are responsive to specific needs of academia and industry; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e9438" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tVI/s602/c/5" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">(5) </num><content>providing professional development, mentoring, and advice in entrepreneurship, project management, and technology and business development to innovators.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e9442" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tVI/s602/d" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">(d) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Eligibility</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e9449" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tVI/s602/d/1" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>The following organizations may be eligible for grants under this section:</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e9457" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tVI/s602/d/1/A" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>Institutions of higher education.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e9461" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tVI/s602/d/1/B" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>Public or nonprofit technology transfer organizations.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e9465" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tVI/s602/d/1/C" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><content>A nonprofit organization that partners with an institution of higher education.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e9469" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tVI/s602/d/1/D" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">(D) </num><content>A consortia of 2 or more of the organizations described under subparagraphs (A) through (C).</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e9473" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tVI/s602/d/2" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Lead organizations</inline>.—</heading><content>Any eligible organization under paragraph (1) may apply as a lead organization.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e9481" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tVI/s602/e" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="e">(e) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Applications</inline>.—</heading><content>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.</content></subsection></section>
<section id="d44763e9490" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tVI/s603" style="-uslm-lc:I650143"><num value="603">SEC. 603. </num><heading>OPTICS AND PHOTONICS TECHNOLOGY INNOVATIONS.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e9494" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tVI/s603/a" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Findings</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Congress makes the following findings:</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e9502" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tVI/s603/a/1" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>The 1998 National Research Council Report, “Harnessing Light” presented a comprehensive overview on the importance of optics and photonics to various sectors of the United States economy.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e9506" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tVI/s603/a/2" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>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.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e9510" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tVI/s603/a/3" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>Publicly-traded companies focused on optics and photonics in the United States enable more than $3 trillion in revenue annually.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e9514" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tVI/s603/b" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Sense of Congress</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>It is the sense of Congress that—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e9522" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tVI/s603/b/1" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>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;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e9526" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tVI/s603/b/2" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>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</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e9530" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tVI/s603/b/3" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><chapeau>each Federal science agency, as appropriate, should—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e9534" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tVI/s603/b/3/A" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>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;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e9538" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tVI/s603/b/3/B" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>partner with the private sector and academia to leverage knowledge and resources to maximize opportunities for innovation in optics and photonics;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e9542" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tVI/s603/b/3/C" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><content>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;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e9546" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tVI/s603/b/3/D" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">(D) </num><content>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</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e9550" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tVI/s603/b/3/E" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="E">(E) </num><content>assess existing programs and explore alternatives to modernize photonics laboratory equipment in undergraduate institutions in the United States to facilitate critical hands-on learning.</content></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section>
<section id="d44763e9555" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tVI/s604" style="-uslm-lc:I650143"><num value="604">SEC. 604. </num><heading>UNITED STATES CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e9559" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tVI/s604/a" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Short Title</inline>.—</heading><content>This section may be cited as the “<shortTitle role="section">United States Chief Technology Officer Act</shortTitle>”.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e9571" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tVI/s604/b" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In General</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Section 203 the National Science and Technology Policy, Organization, and Priorities Act of 1976 (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s6612">42 U.S.C. 6612</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e9586" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tVI/s604/b/1" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>(b) <headingText class="smallCaps">Associate Directors</headingText>.—</quotedText>” before “<quotedText>The President is authorized</quotedText>” and indenting appropriately;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e9597" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tVI/s604/b/2" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>(a) <headingText class="smallCaps">In General</headingText>.—</quotedText>” before “<quotedText>There shall be</quotedText>” and indenting appropriately; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e9608" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tVI/s604/b/3" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following:<quotedContent><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">“(c) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Chief Technology Officer</inline>.—</heading><content>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.”</content></subsection></quotedContent>.</content></paragraph></subsection></section>
<section id="d44763e9628" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tVI/s605" style="-uslm-lc:I650143"><num value="605">SEC. 605. </num><heading>NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL STUDY ON TECHNOLOGY FOR EMERGENCY NOTIFICATIONS ON CAMPUSES.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e9632" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tVI/s605/a" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In General</inline>.—</heading><content>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.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e9640" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tVI/s605/b" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Contents</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>The study shall address—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e9648" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tVI/s605/b/1" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>the timeliness of notifications provided by the technologies during emergency situations;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e9652" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tVI/s605/b/2" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>the durability of the technologies in delivering the notifications to students, faculty, and other personnel; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e9656" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tVI/s605/b/3" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>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.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d44763e9660" identifier="/us/bill/114/s/3084/tVI/s605/c" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Report Required</inline>.—</heading><content>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).</content></subsection></section>
Speaker of the House of Representatives.Vice President of the United States and President of the Senate.