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[D-VT] Patrick Leahy D VT 2006-12-05 False Science, Technology, Communications Academic performance Administrative procedure Aeronautics Alternative energy sources Atmosphere Authorization Awards, medals, prizes Carbon cycle Commemorations Commerce Computers Conferences Congress Congressional reporting requirements Curricula Department of Commerce Department of Energy Distance education Dropouts Economics and Public Finance Education Educational accountability Educational statistics Elementary and secondary education Elementary education Energy Energy efficiency Energy research Engineering Engineers Executive reorganization Federal advisory bodies Federal aid to education Federal aid to research Federal employees Foreign Trade and International Finance Fossil fuels Genetic research Government Operations and Politics Governmental investigations Graduate education Higher education Industrial engineering Infrastructure International competitiveness Labor and Employment Laboratories Language and languages Law Manufacturing industries Marine and coastal resources, fisheries Mathematics Nanotechnology National Aeronautics and Space Administration Nuclear energy Nuclear energy research Nuclear engineering Oceanographic research Older workers Public Lands and Natural Resources Regulatory impact statements Research Research and development Research and development facilities Research centers Research grants Scholarships Scientific education Scientists Secondary education Social Welfare Space activities Standards Taxation Teacher education Teaching Technological innovations Transportation and Public Works Transportation research Science, Technology, Communications 00 2006-09-26 Introduced in Senate 2006-12-06T18:00:49Z National Competitiveness Investment Act - American Innovation and Competitiveness Act of 2006 - Directs the President to: (1) convene a National Science and Technology Summit; (2) establish a President's Council on Innovation and Competitiveness; and (3) establish the Innovation Acceleration Research Program.

Directs the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to: (1) establish an Aeronautics Institute for Research; (2) coordinate basic and fundamental research activities related to physical sciences, technology, engineering, and mathematics; and (3) establish a Basic Research Executive Council.

Authorizes appropriations for the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) for the Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership Program. Requires the NIST Director to: (1) establish the Standards and Technology Acceleration Research Program; and (2) reestablish the Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Technology.

Requires the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to: (1) establish a program of ocean and atmospheric research and development; and (2) develop an ocean, coastal, and atmospheric science education plan.

Protecting America's Competitive Edge Through Energy Act or PACE-Energy Act - Directs the Secretary of Energy to: (1) appoint a Department of Energy (DOE) Director of Mathematics, Science, and Engineering Education, and establish a Mathematics, Science, and Engineering Education Fund; (2) award grants for establishing specialty schools for mathematics and science; (3) establish a national laboratories summer internship program for middle and secondary school students; (4) establish Centers of Excellence in Mathematics and Science at schools in regions of national laboratories; (5) establish or expand programs to strengthen mathematics and science teaching skills of public school teachers; (6) establish a program to expand and enhance higher education nuclear science educational capabilities; (7) award grants to outstanding DOE early-career researchers; and (8) establish a program to support the appointment of distinguished scientists by institutions of higher education and national laboratories.

Establishes the Advanced Research Projects Authority-Energy.

Authorizes the Secretary of Education to award grants to: (1) develop and implement programs to provide courses of study in mathematics, science, engineering, or critical foreign languages with concurrent teacher certification or to enhance teacher knowledge and teaching skills; (2) increase the number of teachers and students teaching or enrolled in advanced placement or international baccalaureate courses in mathematics, science, or critical foreign languages; (3) help low-income students performing below grade level in mathematics; (4) establish programs of study in critical foreign languages; (5) promote content knowledge requirements for secondary school graduation and establish or improve a statewide P-16 education data system.

Requires the Director of the National Science Foundation (NSF) to: (1) expand the Graduate Research Fellowship Program and the Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship Program; (2) establish a clearinghouse and pilot programs relating to the creation or improvement of professional science master's degree programs; (4) establish a program to provide mentors for women interested in careers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics; and (5) establish a program of basic research in advanced information and communications technologies.

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