[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3763 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3763

 To require a per capita calculation for eligibility of a jurisdiction 
     to participate in the EPSCoR program of the National Science 
                  Foundation, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 13, 2017

  Mr. Foster (for himself and Mr. LoBiondo) introduced the following 
   bill; which was referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and 
                               Technology

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                                 A BILL


 
 To require a per capita calculation for eligibility of a jurisdiction 
     to participate in the EPSCoR program of the National Science 
                  Foundation, and for other purposes.

    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 ``Smarter EPSCoR Act''.

SEC. 2. PER CAPITA CALCULATION FOR ELIGIBILITY OF A JURISDICTION TO 
              PARTICIPATE IN EPSCOR.

    In determining the eligibility of a jurisdiction to participate in 
the Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research program 
described under section 517 of National Science Foundation 
Authorization Act of 2010 (42 U.S.C. 1862p-9), the Director of the 
National Science Foundation shall ensure that the proportion of the 
total amount of National Science Foundation research support attributed 
to a jurisdiction over a 3-year period is calculated on a per capita 
basis.
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