[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3033 Referred in Senate (RFS)]

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114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3033


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            October 27, 2015

     Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, 
                     Education, Labor, and Pensions

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                                 AN ACT


 
To require the President's annual budget request to Congress each year 
   to include a line item for the Research in Disabilities Education 
program of the National Science Foundation and to require the National 
          Science Foundation to conduct research on dyslexia.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Research Excellence and Advancements 
for Dyslexia Act'' or the ``READ Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    The Congress finds the following:
            (1) As many as 1 out of 6, or 8,500,000, American school 
        children may have dyslexia.
            (2) Since 1975, dyslexia has been included in the list of 
        qualifying learning disabilities under the Education for All 
        Handicapped Children Act of 1975 and the Individuals with 
        Disabilities Education Act.

SEC. 3. RESEARCH IN DISABILITIES EDUCATION.

    (a) Program.--Nothing in this Act alters the National Science 
Foundation's Research in Disabilities Education program for fundamental 
and implementation research about learners (of all ages) with 
disabilities, including dyslexia, in science, technology, engineering, 
and mathematics (STEM). The National Science Foundation shall continue 
to encourage efforts to understand and address disability-based 
differences in STEM education and workforce participation, including 
differences for dyslexic learners.
    (b) Line Item.--The Director of the National Science Foundation 
shall include the amount requested for the Research in Disabilities 
Education program in the Foundation's annual congressional budget 
justification.

SEC. 4. DYSLEXIA.

    (a) In General.--The National Science Foundation shall support 
multi-directorate, merit-reviewed, and competitively awarded research 
on the science of dyslexia, including research on the early 
identification of children and students with dyslexia, professional 
development for teachers and administrators of students with dyslexia, 
curricula and educational tools needed for children with dyslexia, and 
implementation and scaling of successful models of dyslexia 
intervention. Research supported under this subsection shall be 
conducted with the goal of practical application.
    (b) Funding.--The National Science Foundation shall devote at least 
$5 million annually to research described in subsection (a), subject to 
the availability of appropriations, to come from amounts made available 
for the Research and Related Activities account or the Education and 
Human Resources Directorate. No additional funds are authorized to be 
appropriated under this section. This Act shall be carried out using 
funds otherwise appropriated by law after the date of enactment of this 
Act.

            Passed the House of Representatives October 26, 2015.

            Attest:

                                                 KAREN L. HAAS,

                                                                 Clerk.