[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 86 (Tuesday, May 18, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Pages S2740-S2741]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1514. Ms. ERNST (for herself and Ms. Hassan) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by her to the bill S. 1260, to 
establish a new Directorate for Technology and Innovation in the 
National Science Foundation, to establish a regional technology hub 
program, to require a strategy and report on economic security, 
science, research, innovation, manufacturing, and job creation, to 
establish a critical supply chain resiliency program, and for

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other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. __. DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENTS FOR RECIPIENTS OF NSF FUNDS.

       (a) Disclosure Requirements for Recipients of NSF Funds.--
     The National Science Foundation Act of 1950 (42 U.S.C. 1861 
     et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 11 the 
     following:

     ``SEC. 11A. DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENTS FOR RECIPIENTS OF NSF 
                   FUNDS.

       ``(a) In General.--A grantee or subgrantee carrying out a 
     program, project, or activity that is, in whole or in part, 
     carried out using funds provided by the Foundation shall 
     clearly state, to the extent possible, in any statement, 
     press release, request for proposals, bid solicitation, or 
     other document describing the program, project, or activity, 
     other than a communication containing not more than 280 
     characters--
       ``(1) the percentage of the total costs of the program, 
     project, or activity which will be financed with funds 
     provided by the Foundation;
       ``(2) the dollar amount of the funds provided by the 
     Foundation made available for the program, project, or 
     activity; and
       ``(3) the percentage of the total costs of, and dollar 
     amount for, the program, project, or activity that will be 
     financed by nongovernmental sources.
       ``(b) Noncompliance.--If the Director determines that an 
     individual or entity is failing to comply with subsection 
     (a), the Director may withhold not more than 25 percent of 
     the amount of funds provided by the Foundation that would 
     otherwise be provided to the individual or entity, until the 
     date on which the individual or entity complies with 
     subsection (a).''.
       (b) Public Availability.--Notwithstanding any other 
     provision of this Act, the Director of the National Science 
     Foundation shall require that any publication of research or 
     a study funded in whole or in part by the National Science 
     Foundation, shall be publicly available at no cost not later 
     than 365 days after the date of publication.
       (c) Authority to Exclude.--Notwithstanding any other 
     provision of law, the Director of the National Science 
     Foundation may waive a requirement under subsection (b) if 
     the Director determines the requirement would compromise 
     national security.
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