[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3331 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3331

 To amend title 10, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of 
 Defense to make grants to recognized science and technology secondary 
schools to support research and development projects at such schools in 
  science, mathematics, engineering, and technology to supplement the 
       national security functions of the Department of Defense.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 24, 2009

Mr. Connolly of Virginia (for himself and Mr. Goodlatte) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title 10, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of 
 Defense to make grants to recognized science and technology secondary 
schools to support research and development projects at such schools in 
  science, mathematics, engineering, and technology to supplement the 
       national security functions of the Department of Defense.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, AND MATHEMATICS (STEM) 
              RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM FOR RECOGNIZED SCIENCE 
              AND TECHNOLOGY SECONDARY SCHOOLS.

    (a) Establishment of Grant Program.--Chapter 111 of title 10, 
United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 2192a the 
following new section:
``Sec. 2192b. Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) 
              Research and Development Program
    ``(a) Requirement for Program.--The Secretary of Defense shall 
carry out a program to provide grants to secondary schools described in 
subsection (b) to support research and development projects at such 
schools in science, mathematics, engineering, and technology to 
supplement the national security functions of the Department of 
Defense, as determined by the Secretary. A grant may be made directly 
to an eligible secondary school or indirectly to a local educational 
agency for the administration of the school or a nonprofit organization 
supporting research and development projects in science, mathematics, 
engineering, and technology at the school.
    ``(b) Eligible Schools.--To be eligible for a grant under the 
program, a secondary school must be recognized as a Science and 
Technology High School or as a secondary school with a science and 
technology program. The requirements for such recognition shall be 
determined by the Secretary of Defense, taking into consideration the 
following specific criteria:
            ``(1) The secondary school must meet a minimum number of 
        required academic years of science curriculum.
            ``(2) The secondary school must meet a minimum number of 
        academic years of technology or engineering curriculum.
            ``(3) The secondary school must meet a minimum number of 
        academic years of mathematics curriculum.
    ``(c) Research and Development Topics.--The Secretary of Defense, 
in consultation for the Secretaries of the military departments, shall 
determine potential research and development topics for which grants 
may be made under the program. The Secretary of Defense shall prepare, 
from such proposed topics, a priority list of projects, which shall be 
published and made available to eligible secondary schools.
    ``(d) Selection of Grant Recipients.--The Secretary of Defense 
shall solicit grant proposals from eligible secondary schools. The 
Secretary shall evaluate submitted proposals and make grants on a 
competitive basis.
    ``(e) Monitoring and Results.--The Secretary of Defense shall 
monitor the progress made by grant recipients on projects supported 
using the grant funds and require regular updates and progress reports 
as considered necessary by the Secretary. A grant recipient shall 
document and submit to the Secretary a final report on the results of 
the project.
    ``(f) Report on Program.--Not later than February 1, 2011, the 
Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense 
committees and the Committee on Governmental Affairs of the Senate, and 
the Committee on Government Reform of the House of Representatives a 
report containing a plan for expanding and improving the program.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the beginning of 
such chapter is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 
2192a the following new item:

``2192b. Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) 
                            Research and Development Program.''.
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