[House Report 111-479]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
111th Congress Report
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
2d Session 111-479
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PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF THE BILL (H.R. 5116) TO INVEST IN
INNOVATION THROUGH RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT, TO IMPROVE THE
COMPETITIVENESS OF THE UNITED STATES, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
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May 11, 2010.--Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed
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Mr. Perlmutter, from the Committee on Rules, submitted the following
R E P O R T
[To accompany H. Res. 1344]
The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration
House Resolution 1344, by a nonrecord vote, report the same to
the House with the recommendation that the resolution be
adopted.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS OF THE RESOLUTION
The resolution provides for consideration of H.R. 5116, the
``America COMPETES Reauthorization Act of 2010,'' under a
structured rule. The resolution waives all points of order
against consideration of the bill except those arising under
clause 9 or 10 of rule XXI. The resolution provides 1 hour of
general debate equally divided and controlled by the chair and
ranking minority member of the Committee on Science and
Technology. The resolution provides that the amendment in the
nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee on Science
and Technology modified by the amendment printed in part A of
this report shall be considered as an original bill for the
purpose of amendment and shall be considered as read. The
resolution waives all points of order against the amendment in
the nature of a substitute except those arising under clause 10
of rule XXI. This waiver does not affect the point of order
available under clause 9 of rule XXI (regarding earmark
disclosure).
The resolution makes in order only those amendments printed
in part B of this report, and the amendments en bloc described
in section 3. The amendments made in order may be offered only
in the order printed in this report, may be offered only by a
Member designated in this report, shall be considered as read,
shall be debatable for the time specified in this report
equally divided and controlled by the proponent and an
opponent, shall not be subject to amendment, and shall not be
subject to a demand for division of the question. All points of
order against the amendments printed in part B of this report
or amendments en bloc are waived except those arising under
clause 9 or 10 of rule XXI.
The resolution provides that the chair of the Committee on
Committee on Science and Technology or his designee may offer
amendments en bloc consisting of amendments printed in part B
of this report not earlier disposed of. Amendments en bloc
shall be considered as read, shall be debatable for 40 minutes
equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking
minority member of the Committee on Committee on Science and
Technology or their designees, shall not be subject to
amendment, and shall not be subject to a demand for division of
the question. The original proponent of an amendment included
in such amendments en bloc may insert a statement in the
Congressional Record immediately before the disposition of the
amendments en bloc.
The resolution provides one motion to recommit with or
without instructions. The resolution provides that the Chair
may entertain a motion that the Committee rise only if offered
by the chair of the Committee on Science and Technology or his
designee. Finally, the resolution provides that the Chair may
not entertain a motion to strike out the enacting words of the
bill.
EXPLANATION OF WAIVERS
Although the resolution waives all points of order against
consideration of the bill (except for clauses 9 and 10 of rule
XXI) and all points of order against the amendment in the
nature of a substitute (except for clause 10 of rule XXI), the
Committee is not aware of any points of order. The waivers of
all points of order are prophylactic.
COMMITTEE VOTES
The results of each record vote on an amendment or motion
to report, together with the names of those voting for and
against, are printed below:
Rules Committee record vote No. 417
Date: May 11, 2010.
Measure: H.R. 5116.
Motion by: Mr. Dreier.
Summary of motion: To make in order and provide appropriate
waivers for an amendment by Rep. Hall (TX), #66, which would
replace section 701-703 of the bill to ensure funding in the
bill gives priority to the recommendations in the National
Academy of Sciences ``Rising Above the Gathering Storm
Report''; by (1) giving institutions serving the disabled and
disabled veterans special consideration in the activities and
programs supported by the Act and requires agencies to do
outreach to veterans; and (2) giving veterans and service
members preference in awarding scholarships and fellowships
under the Act.
Results: Defeated 3-7.
Vote by Members: McGovern--Nay; Hastings (FL)--Nay;
Matsui--Nay; Cardoza--Nay; Pingree--Nay; Polis--Nay; Dreier--
Yea; Diaz-Balart, L.--Yea; Foxx--Yea; Slaughter--Nay.
Rules Committee record vote No. 418
Date: May 11, 2010.
Measure: H.R. 5116.
Motion by: Mr. Lincoln Diaz-Balart.
Summary of motion: To make in order and provide appropriate
waivers for an amendment by Rep. Diaz-Balart, Mario (FL), #37,
which would strike the last 2 years of the authorization and
make it a 3-year reauthorization.
Results: Defeated 3-7.
Vote by Members: McGovern--Nay; Hastings (FL)--Nay;
Matsui--Nay; Cardoza--Nay; Pingree--Nay; Polis--Nay; Dreier--
Yea; Diaz-Balart, L.--Yea; Foxx--Yea; Slaughter--Nay.
Rules Committee record vote No. 419
Date: May 11, 2010.
Measure: H.R. 5116.
Motion by: Mr. Lincoln Diaz-Balart.
Summary of motion: To make in order and provide appropriate
waivers for an amendment by Rep. Sessions (TX), #21, which
would maintain FY 2011 authorization levels for FY 2012-2015
instead of increasing them annually.
Results: Defeated 3-7.
Vote by Members: McGovern--Nay; Hastings (FL)--Nay;
Matsui--Nay; Cardoza--Nay; Pingree--Nay; Polis--Nay; Dreier--
Yea; Diaz-Balart, L.--Yea; Foxx--Yea; Slaughter--Nay.
Rules Committee record vote No. 420
Date: May 11, 2010.
Measure: H.R. 5116.
Motion by: Dr. Foxx.
Summary of motion: To make in order and provide appropriate
waivers for an amendment by Rep. Broun (GA), #42, which would
strike from the bill the following: section 228 (NSF Prize
Awards), section 406(b)-(c) (Manufacturing Extension
Partnership Innovation Services Institute and Reports), section
407 (Bioscience Research Program), section 502 (Federal loan
guarantees), section 503 (Regional Innovation Program), and
subtitle C of title VI (Energy Innovation Hubs).
Results: Defeated 3-9.
Vote by Members: McGovern--Nay; Hastings (FL)--Nay;
Matsui--Nay; Cardoza--Nay; Arcuri--Nay; Perlmutter--Nay;
Pingree--Nay; Polis--Nay; Dreier--Yea; Diaz-Balart, L.--Yea;
Foxx--Yea; Slaughter--Nay.
Rules Committee record vote No. 421
Date: May 11, 2010.
Measure: H.R. 5116.
Motion by: Dr. Foxx.
Summary of motion: To make in order and provide appropriate
waivers for an amendment by Rep. Bachmann (MN), #54, which
would clarify only American citizens are eligible to receive
the financial support in section 5004 (Energy Applied Science
Talent Expansion Program).
Results: Defeated 3-9.
Vote by Members: McGovern--Nay; Hastings (FL)--Nay;
Matsui--Nay; Cardoza--Nay; Arcuri--Nay; Perlmutter--Nay;
Pingree--Nay; Polis--Nay; Dreier--Yea; Diaz-Balart, L.--Yea;
Foxx--Yea; Slaughter--Nay.
Rules Committee record vote No. 422
Date: May 11, 2010.
Measure: H.R. 5116.
Motion by: Dr. Foxx.
Summary of motion: To make in order and provide appropriate
waivers for an amendment by Rep. Bilbray (CA), #64, which would
provide that only companies enrolled in a federally approved
electronic employment verification system are eligible for
funding under the Act.
Results: Defeated 3-9.
Vote by Members: McGovern--Nay; Hastings (FL)--Nay;
Matsui--Nay; Cardoza--Nay; Arcuri--Nay; Perlmutter--Nay;
Pingree--Nay; Polis--Nay; Dreier--Yea; Diaz-Balart, L.--Yea;
Foxx--Yea; Slaughter--Nay.
SUMMARY OF AMENDMENT IN PART A CONSIDERED AS ADOPTED
Strikes section 407 and excludes medical research from
section 609.
SUMMARY OF AMENDMENTS IN PART B MADE IN ORDER
1. Gordon (TN): Would make technical and clarifying changes
to the bill. Would also amend Section 243 (``Robert Noyce
Teacher Scholarship Program'') and Section 702 (``Persons with
Disabilities), and add new Sections 412 (``Report On the Use of
Modeling and Simulation'') and Section 704 (``Budgetary
Effects''), Section 705 (``Limitation''), and Section 706
(``Prohibition on Lobbying''), among other changes. (40
minutes)
2. Cardoza (CA): Would instruct the NIST Director to carry
out a green manufacturing and construction initiative that
develops an understanding of sustainability in manufacturing
and shares that information with manufacturers so that they can
adopt the best sustainable manufacturing practices. (10
minutes)
3. Matsui (CA): Would ensure that Smart Grid technologies
are included in the list of research, development,
demonstration, and commercial application activities that may
be undertaken by a DOE Energy Innovation Hub. (10 minutes)
4. Matsui (CA): Would ensure that the development of new
smart grid technologies are an important part of the Office of
Science's research activities as it continues to strengthen its
collaborations with the rest of DOE to accelerate the
advancement of new energy technologies. (10 minutes)
5. Wu (OR): Would require ARPA-E to make awards designed to
overcome the long-term and high-risk barriers relating to its
goals and to facilitate submission, where possible by small
businesses and entrepreneurs, of funding opportunities. (10
minutes)
6. Broun (GA): Would strike title V of the bill
(Innovation). (10 minutes)
7. Boswell (IA), Michaud (ME): Would ensure that biomass
technology systems and related courses are included in the list
of fields that would be encompassed by the energy systems
science and engineering education programs. (10 minutes)
8. Davis, Danny K. (IL), Grijalva, Raul (AZ), Honda (CA),
Kildee (MI): Would ensure that students enrolled in two-year,
certificate, associate, or baccalaureate programs are eligible
for STEM programs. It also would call for a report of agency
approaches to increase minority participation in STEM careers.
(10 minutes)
9. Kanjorski (PA): Would permit a Regional Innovation
Center to use funding for interacting with the general public
and state and local governments in order to meet the goals of
the cluster. (10 minutes)
10. Markey, Edward (MA): Would establish a program to
support the development and commercial application of clean
energy technologies through a Clean Energy Consortium selected
competitively by the Secretary of Energy. The Consortium would
be regionally based and include research universities, national
labs, industry, and other state and nongovernmental
organizations with research or technology transfer expertise in
clean energy technology. The Consortium would have a technology
focus to which at least 50 percent of support would be
directed. The grant to establish and operate the Consortium is
for an amount not more than $10,000,000 per year and is for a
period not to exceed 3 years. (10 minutes)
11. McCarthy, Carolyn (NY): Would ensure that any
assessments and studies on improving emergency communications
build upon conclusions made in existing reports on the matter.
(10 minutes)
12. Miller, George (CA): Would require public institutions
of higher education, with respect to employees who are
represented by labor organizations and who work on activities
or programs supported by this Act, to maintain a policy to
respond to union information requests, for information to which
the union is legally entitled, on a timely basis in order to be
eligible to receive facilities and administrative costs
provided by any of the funding sources authorized by this Act.
Failure to comply with such a policy would result in suspension
of payments to the institution for facilities and
administrative costs until compliance is achieved. (10 minutes)
13. Reyes (TX), Connolly (VA): Would require the STEM
coordinating committee under OSTP to describe the approaches
that will be taken by each agency to conduct outreach designed
to promote widespread public understanding of career
opportunities in the STEM fields. It also requires the
establishment and maintenance of a publicly accessible online
database of all federally sponsored STEM education programs.
(10 minutes)
14. Sanchez, Loretta (CA): Would include the membership of
elementary school and secondary school administrator
associations to the President's Advisory Committee on STEM
Education. (10 minutes)
15. Bishop, Tim (NY): Would direct the National Institute
of Standards and Technology to develop, or assist in the
development of, reference materials, standards, instruments and
measurement methods for nanomaterials and derived products. The
amendment also calls on NIST to develop data to support the
correlation of properties of nanomaterials to any
environmental, health, or safety risks. (10 minutes)
16. Barrow (GA): Would require the inclusion of
manufacturing education and training in the strategic plan
developed by Federal agencies. (10 minutes)
17. Carney (PA): Would require the National Science
Foundation to conduct outreach encouraging rural colleges and
private sector entities in rural areas to participate in the
internship grant program. (10 minutes)
18. Clarke (NY): Would ensure that STEM evidence-based
education programs increase participation by women and
underrepresented minority students. (10 minutes)
19. Cohen (TN): Would express a Sense of Congress,
encouraging the incorporation of an engineering curriculum in
K-12 schools. (10 minutes)
20. Cuellar (TX): Would direct the Director of the National
Science Foundation to conduct outreach efforts to encourage
applications from underrepresented groups. (10 minutes)
21. Gingrey (GA): Would direct the National Science
Foundation to establish the Green Chemistry Basic Research and
Development program and provide merit-based grants to support
green chemistry applications. Green chemistry is chemistry that
involves the design of chemical products and processes that
reduce or eliminate the use or generation of hazardous
substances, and it focuses on preventing pollution and waste
from forming in the first place. (10 minutes)
22. Herseth Sandlin (SD): Would urge NSF to respond to the
recommendations of the National Academy of Sciences and
National Science and Technology Council regarding investments
in facilities, and to make joint investments with the
Department of Energy where possible. (10 minutes)
23. Holt (NJ), Kind (WI), Murphy, Scott (NY): Would require
the Director of the White House Office of Science and
Technology Policy to submit to Congress a national
competitiveness and innovation strategy. The strategy must
include suggested legislative and executive branch actions and
a proposal for metric-based evaluation of improvements in U.S.
competitiveness and innovation. (10 minutes)
24. Holt (NJ), Ehlers (MI): Would express the Sense of
Congress that peer review is an important part of ensuring the
integrity of scientific research and that in developing public
access policies, the National Science and Technology working
group established under this section should take into account
the role of scientific publishers in the peer review process.
(10 minutes)
25. Honda (CA): Would coordinate federal STEM education
programs with the work being done by state-level PR-16 and P-20
councils to coordinate, integrate, and improve education
throughout all grade levels and the common core standards being
developed by the states by adding facilitating improved
coordination between these efforts as one of the
responsibilities of the Advisory Committee on STEM Education
created in the bill. (10 minutes)
26. Issa (CA): Would strike Section 124, ``Fulfilling the
Potential of Academic Women in Academic Science and
Engineering.'' (10 minutes)
27. Jackson-Lee (TX): Would require the STEM Industry
Internship Program report to include an economic and ethnic
breakdown of the participating students. (10 minutes)
28. Marshall (GA): Would direct the Office of Innovation
and Entrepreneurship to consider the needs of rural communities
and small businesses when strengthening the collaboration on
and coordination of policies relating to innovation and
commercialization of new technologies within the Department of
Commerce and between the Department of Commerce and other
Federal agencies. (10 minutes)
29. Michaud (ME): Would prioritize the needs of challenges
of small businesses in the Regional Innovation Program's inter-
agency collaboration. (10 minutes)
30. Michaud (ME): Would direct the Secretary to prioritize
communities impacted by trade when awarding Regional Innovation
Cluster grants. (10 minutes)
31. Michaud (ME): Requires the Advisory Committee on STEM
Education to consider the needs of rural schools. (10 minutes)
32. Ruppersberger (MD): Would clarify the eligibility of
the Noyce scholarship to include retired STEM professionals.
(10 minutes)
33. Ruppersberger (MD): Would direct the Director of the
National Science Foundation to use cyber-enabled-learning to
create an innovative STEM workforce and/or to retrain and
retain our current STEM workforce to address critical national
and economic issues. (10 minutes)
34. Boccieri (OH), Schauer (MI), Davis, Lincoln (TN),
Donnelly (IN): Would increase the authorization level for
funding for Federal Loan Guarantees for Innovative Technologies
in Manufacturing from $50 million to $100 million. (10 minutes)
35. Childers (MS): Would require the NIST Director to carry
out a disaster resilient buildings and infrastructure program.
(10 minutes)
36. Chu (CA): Would clarify that one purpose of the
Innovation through Institutional Integration grant program is
to help under-represented students in STEM fields transition
from 2-year institutions to 4-year institutions of higher
education. (10 minutes)
37. Ellsworth (IN): Would ensure funds would not be used to
purchase gift items, knickknacks, souvenirs, trinkets, or other
items without direct educational value. (10 minutes)
38. Halvorson (IL): Would require the Director of the
National Science Foundation to give consideration to the goal
of promoting the participation of veterans in the postdoctoral
research fellowship program established by section 246
(Postdoctoral research fellowships). (10 minutes)
39. Hare (IL): Would declare that it is the sense of
Congress that when more than one applicant applies for STEM
education programs or activities authorized under the COMPETES
Act and are considered equal in merit, that the grant making
authority shall give additional consideration to the applicant
who has not previously received funding and those institutions
of higher education in rural areas. (10 minutes)
40. Heinrich (NM): Would add science parks and federal
laboratories as eligible recipients for the ``Regional
Innovation Program.'' (10 minutes)
41. Heinrich (NM): Would allow the Secretary of Energy to
establish an online database of unclassified technologies and
capabilities available at national laboratories for the purpose
of commercial application. (10 minutes)
42. Kissell, Larry (NC): Would require the Secretary to
consider the amount of the obligation when determining
application fees for the newly established Innovative
Technologies in Manufacturing Loan Guarantee Program. (10
minutes)
43. Klein, Ron (FL): Would instruct the director of the
Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) within NIST
to evaluate obstacles unique to small manufacturers that
prevent them from effectively competing in the global market,
and design a comprehensive plan to support MEP centers in
meeting the needs of these small manufacturers. The director
shall also work to facilitate greater collaboration between
centers on small manufacturers' needs. (10 minutes)
44. Kratovil (MD), Connolly (VA): Would encourage employees
of Federal agencies to volunteer in STEM education activities.
(10 minutes)
45. McNerney (CA): Would add marine and hydrokinetic
technology systems to the list of energy efficiency and
renewable energy technology systems that would be included in
the Department of Energy STEM education initiatives authorized
under the section. (10 minutes)
46. Minnick (ID): Would require the President's Advisory
Panel on STEM Education to coordinate with state and local
workforce programs to better meet their needs. (10 minutes)
47. Moore, Gwen (WI): Would expand the bill's proposed
climate and environmental science research of the Earth's
atmosphere and biosphere to include the Great Lakes in addition
to oceans. (10 minutes)
48. Murphy, Patrick (PA), Altmire (PA): Would include in
the list of STEM education programs and activities at the
Department of Energy a competitive grant program for colleges
and universities, including 2 year colleges, to create or
expand courses and degree programs in the areas of energy
systems science and engineering. (10 minutes)
49. Perriello (VA): Would provide that the President's
advisory committee on STEM can provide advice to Federal
agencies including through the section 301 interagency
committee. (10 minutes)
50. Quigley (IL), Flake, Jeff (AZ): Would express the sense
of Congress that retaining graduate-level talent trained at
American universities in STEM fields is critical to enhancing
the competitiveness of American businesses. (10 minutes)
51. Salazar (CO): Would provide Department of Energy with
the authority to conduct training for energy auditors, field
technicians, and building contractors so they can understand
and promote the use of renewable energy and energy efficiency
technology. (10 minutes)
52. Schock (IL): Would instruct the Secretary of Commerce
to give priority to innovation clusters that partner with local
Workforce Investment Area Boards. (10 minutes)
53. Space (OH): Would instruct the Director of NIST to
carry out a program to support research into transformational
manufacturing. (10 minutes)
54. Titus (NV): Would clarify that both pre-service and in-
service teacher training and professional development shall be
considered when identifying grand challenges in pre-K-12 STEM
education. (10 minutes)
PART A--TEXT OF AMENDMENT TO BE CONSIDERED AS ADOPTED
Page 166, strike line 10 and all that follows through page
171, line 17.
Page 222, line 10, strike ``or other purposes'' and insert
``, excluding medical research''.
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PART B--TEXT OF AMENDMENTS TO BE MADE IN ORDER
1. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Gordon, Bart of
Tennessee or His Designee, Debatable for 40 Minutes
Page 94, line 10, strike ``in the research'' and insert ``in
research on the topic''.
Page 102, lines 1 through 9, section 243 is amended to read
as follows:
SEC. 243. ROBERT NOYCE TEACHER SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM.
Section 10A(h)(1) of the National Science Foundation
Authorization Act of 2002 (42 U.S.C. 1862n-1a(h)(1)) is amended
to read as follows:
``(1) In general.--An eligible entity receiving a
grant under this section shall provide, from non-
Federal sources, to carry out the activities supported
by the grant--
``(A) in the case of grants in an amount of
less than $1,500,000, an amount equal to at
least 30 percent of the amount of the grant, at
least one half of which shall be in cash; and
``(B) in the case of grants in an amount of
$1,500,000 or more, an amount equal to at least
50 percent of the amount of the grant, at least
one half of which shall be in cash.''.
Page 123, line 13, strike ``10 or more undergraduate STEM
students'' and insert ``6 or more undergraduate STEM students
for sites designated at primarily undergraduate institutions of
higher education and 10 or more undergraduate STEM students for
all other sites''.
Page 126, line 9, insert ``, except for institutions of
higher education'' after ``private sector entities''.
Page 131, lines 17 and 18, strike ``teachers, administrators,
local education agencies'' and insert ``teachers and
administrators in both public and private schools, local
educational agencies''.
Page 135, line 13, strike ``and''.
Page 135, line 14, insert ``and'' after the semicolon.
Page 135, after line 14, insert the following new clause:
``(ix) carbon capture and
sequestration science and
engineering;''.
Page 174, after line 13, insert the following:
SEC. 412. REPORT ON THE USE OF MODELING AND SIMULATION.
(a) In General.--Within 1 year after the date of enactment of
this Act, the Director shall submit a report to Congress
examining the use of high-performance computational modeling
and simulation by small- and medium-sized manufacturers.
(b) Specific Requirements.--Such report shall include the
following:
(1) An assessment of the current utilization of high-
performance computational modeling and simulation by
small- and medium-sized manufacturers.
(2) An examination of any barriers or challenges to
the use of high-performance computational modeling and
simulation by small- and medium-sized manufacturers,
including--
(A) access to high-performance computing
facilities and resources;
(B) the availability of software and other
applications tailored to meet the needs of such
manufacturers;
(C) appropriate expertise and training; and
(D) the availability of tools and other
methods to understand and manage the costs and
risks associated with transitioning to the use
of computational modeling and simulation.
(3) Recommendations for addressing any barriers or
challenges identified in paragraph (2) and, if
appropriate, suggestions for action that the Federal
Government may take to foster the development and
utilization of high-performance computing resources by
small- and medium-sized manufacturers.
(c) Consultation.--In carrying out this section, the Director
shall consult with the Office of Science and Technology Policy
and with other relevant Federal agencies.
Page 175, line 16, strike ``and advocating''.
Page 180, strike line 13 and all that follows through line 20
and insert the following:
``(3) Notification.--If the borrower defaults on an
obligation, the Secretary shall notify the Attorney
General of the default.''.
Page 184, line 8, strike ``Annual'' and insert ``Comptroller
general''.
Page 184, line 8, strike ``The Comptroller General'' and
insert ``The Comptroller General of the United States''.
Page 184, line 9, strike ``an annual'' and insert ``a
biennial''.
Page 194, strike line 20 and all that follows through page
195, line 6, and insert the following:
``(f) Definitions.--In this section:
``(1) Regional innovation cluster.--The term
`regional innovation cluster' means a geographically
bounded network of similar, synergistic, or
complementary entities that--
``(A) are engaged in or with a particular
industry sector;
``(B) have active channels for business
transactions and communication;
``(C) share specialized infrastructure, labor
markets, and services; and
``(D) leverage the region's unique
competitive strengths to stimulate innovation
and create jobs.
``(2) State.--The term `State' means one of the
several States, the District of Columbia, the
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam,
American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern
Mariana Islands, or any other territory or possession
of the United States.
Page 198, lines 13 and 14, strike ``Department of Energy''
and insert ``Office of Science''.
Page 219, lines 7 and 8, strike ``Director'' and insert
``Secretary''.
Page 229, line 7, strike ``shall'' and insert ``may''.
Page 231, lines 13 through 17, amend subparagraph (F) to read
as follows:
(F) in paragraph (3)(B), as so redesignated
by subparagraph (A) of this paragraph, by
striking ``not less than 70, and not more than
120,'' and inserting ``not more than 120''; and
Page 232, line 1, strike ``managers'' and insert
``directors''.
Page 238, line 24, insert ``In selecting consortia, the
Secretary shall consider the information a consortium must
disclose according to subsection (b), as well as any existing
facilities a consortium will provide for Hub activities.''
after ``selection processes.''.
Page 245, lines 12 through 24, amend section 702 to read as
follows:
SEC. 702. PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES.
For the purposes of the activities and programs supported by
this Act and the amendments made by this Act--
(1) institutions of higher education chartered to
serve large numbers of students with disabilities,
including Gallaudet University, Landmark College, and
the National Technical Institute for the Deaf, and
institutions of higher education offering science,
technology, engineering, and mathematics research and
education activities and programs that serve veterans
with disabilities, shall receive special consideration
in the review of any proposals by these institutions
for funding under the research and education programs
authorized in this Act to ensure that institutions of
higher education chartered to or serving persons with
disabilities benefit from such research and education
activities and programs; and
(2) agencies with respect to which appropriations are
authorized under this Act shall also conduct outreach
to veterans with disabilities pursuing studies in
science, technology, engineering, and mathematics to
ensure that such veterans are aware of and benefit from
the research and education activities and programs
authorized by this Act.
Page 246, after line 8, insert the following new sections:
SEC. 704. BUDGETARY EFFECTS.
The budgetary effects of this Act, for the purpose of
complying with the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go-Act of 2010, shall
be determined by reference to the latest statement titled
``Budgetary Effects of PAYGO Legislation'' for this Act,
submitted for printing in the Congressional Record by the
Chairman of the House Budget Committee, provided that such
statement has been submitted prior to the vote on passage.
SEC. 705. LIMITATION.
No funds authorized under this Act shall be used for the
employment of, or shall be received by, any individual who has
been convicted of, or pleaded guilty to, a crime of child
molestation, rape, or any other form of sexual assault.
SEC. 706. PROHIBITION ON LOBBYING.
Nothing in this Act shall be construed to supercede section
1913 of title 18, United States Code.
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2. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Cardoza, Dennis of
California or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 174, after line 13, insert the following:
SEC. 412. GREEN MANUFACTURING AND CONSTRUCTION.
The Director shall carry out a green manufacturing and
construction initiative to--
(1) develop accurate sustainability metrics and
practices for use in manufacturing;
(2) advance the development of standards and the
creation of an information infrastructure to
communicate sustainability information about suppliers;
and
(3) improve energy performance, service life, and
indoor air quality of new and retrofitted buildings
through validated measurement data.
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3. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Matsui, Doris of
California or Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 242, line 17, insert ``, including through Smart Grid
technologies'' after ``conventional technologies''.
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4. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Matsui, Doris of
California or Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 215, line 11, insert ``, including the development of
smart grid technologies'' after ``efficiency programs''.
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5. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Wu, David of Oregon or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 229, line 9, after ``other transactions.'' insert ``The
Director shall make awards designed to overcome the long-term
and high-risk barriers relating to the goals and means set
forth in subsection (c) and facilitate submissions, where
possible by small businesses and entrepreneurs, pursuant to
announcements published not less frequently than annually, of
funding opportunities for--
``(1) specific areas of technological innovation; and
``(2) broadly defined areas of science and
technology,
to remain open for periods of one year.''.
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6. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Broun, Paul of Georgia
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Strike title V.
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7. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Boswell, Leonard of
Iowa or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 133, line 25, strike ``and''.
Page 134, after line 1, insert the following new clause:
``(vii) biomass technology systems;
and''.
Page 135, line 23, strike ``and''.
Page 135, after line 25, insert the following new clause:
``(vii) biomass technology systems;
and''.
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8. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Davis, Danny of
Illinois or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 69, line 18, insert ``, disaggregated and cross-
tabulated by race, ethnicity, and gender,'' after
``subparagraph (B)''.
Page 80, line 19, insert ``, disaggregated and cross-
tabulated by race, ethnicity, and gender'' after ``United
States''.
Page 86, after line 5, insert the following new subsection:
(c) Report.--Not later than one year after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Director shall provide a report to
Congress on institutional research partnerships identified in
subsection (a) funded in the previous fiscal year.
Page 124, line 21, strike ``undergraduate students'' and
insert ``students enrolled in certificate, associate, or
baccalaureate degree programs''.
Page 128, line 21, strike ``; and'' and insert a semicolon.
Page 128, after line 25, insert the following new
subparagraph:
(E) describe the approaches that will be
taken by each agency to increase the
participation of underrepresented minority
groups in STEM studies and careers both for
programs specifically designed to broaden
participation and for all programs in general,
including by providing for programs and
activities that increase participation by
individuals in these groups at all
institutions, and by increasing the engagement
of Historically Black Colleges and Universities
and minority-serving institutions in the STEM
education and outreach activities supported by
the agencies; and
Page 149, after line 21, insert the following new section:
SEC. 305. NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES REPORT ON STRENGTHENING THE
CAPACITY OF 2-YEAR INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION
TO PROVIDE STEM OPPORTUNITIES.
Not later than 6 months after the date of enactment of this
Act, the Office of Science and Technology Policy shall enter
into a contract with the National Academy of Sciences to carry
out a study evaluating the role of 2-year institutions of
higher education as STEM educators, including in the
preparation of students for direct entry into the STEM
workforce and in preparation of students for transition into 4-
year STEM degree programs, as well as the role of the Federal
Government in helping 2-year institutions of higher education
build their capacity to be effective STEM educators. At a
minimum, the report shall include--
(1) an evaluation of the current capacity of 2-year
institutions of higher education to be effective STEM
educators, including in the preparation of students for
direct entry into the STEM workforce and for transition
into 4-year STEM degree programs;
(2) a description of existing challenges to expanding
opportunities for 2-year institutions of higher
education to provide and enhance STEM learning and
provide STEM degrees that prepare students well for
direct entry into the STEM workforce or for transition
into 4-year degree programs;
(3) identification and description of Federal
programs that have successfully strengthened the
capacity of 2-year institutions of higher education to
provide and enhance STEM opportunities;
(4) a recommendation or recommendations regarding how
Federal agencies should set priorities for supporting
STEM education at 2-year institutions of higher
education;
(5) a recommendation or recommendations regarding
ways Federal agencies can provide increased
opportunities for 2-year institutions of higher
education to participate across their portfolios of
STEM education and research programs, including--
(A) ways to engage 2-year institution of
higher education faculty and students with
research experiences;
(B) strategies for improving the curriculum
and teaching of developmental mathematics given
that many 2-year institutions of higher
education provide remediation in mathematics
and other STEM coursework; and
(C) enhancing the basic scientific laboratory
infrastructure; and
(6) a recommendation or recommendations regarding the
need for and appropriateness of new Federal programs in
support of STEM education at 2-year institutions of
higher education.
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9. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Kanjorski, Paul of
Pennsylvania or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 188, after line 25, insert the following:
``(H) Interacting with the public and State
and local governments to meet the goals of the
cluster.
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10. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Markey, Edward of
Massachusetts or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 195, after line 11, insert the following new section:
SEC. 504. CLEAN ENERGY CONSORTIUM.
(a) Purpose.--The Secretary shall carry out a program to
establish a Clean Energy Consortium to enhance the Nation's
economic, environmental, and energy security by promoting
commercial application of clean energy technology and ensuring
that the United States maintains a technological lead in the
development and commercial application of state-of-the-art
energy technologies. To achieve these purposes the program
shall leverage the expertise and resources of the university
and private research communities, industry, venture capital,
national laboratories, and other participants in energy
innovation to support collaborative, cross-disciplinary
research and development in areas not being served by the
private sector in order to develop and accelerate the
commercial application of innovative clean energy technologies.
(b) Definitions.--For purposes of this section:
(1) Clean energy technology.--The term ``clean energy
technology'' means a technology that--
(A) produces energy from solar, wind,
geothermal, biomass, tidal, wave, ocean, and
other renewable energy resources (as such term
is defined in section 610 of the Public Utility
Regulatory Policies Act of 1978);
(B) more efficiently transmits, distributes,
or stores energy;
(C) enhances energy efficiency for buildings
and industry, including combined heat and
power;
(D) enables the development of a Smart Grid
(as described in section 1301 of the Energy
Independence and Security Act of 2007 (42
U.S.C. 17381)), including integration of
renewable energy resources and distributed
generation, demand response, demand side
management, and systems analysis;
(E) produces an advanced or sustainable
material with energy or energy efficiency
applications; or
(F) improves energy efficiency for
transportation, including electric vehicles.
(2) Cluster.--The term ``cluster'' means a network of
entities directly involved in the research,
development, finance, and commercial application of
clean energy technologies whose geographic proximity
facilitates utilization and sharing of skilled human
resources, infrastructure, research facilities,
educational and training institutions, venture capital,
and input suppliers.
(3) Consortium.--The term ``Consortium'' means a
Clean Energy Consortium established in accordance with
this section.
(4) Project.--The term ``project'' means an activity
with respect to which a Consortium provides support
under subsection (e).
(5) Qualifying entity.--The term ``qualifying
entity'' means each of the following:
(A) A research university.
(B) A State or Federal institution with a
focus on the advancement of clean energy
technologies.
(C) A nongovernmental organization with
research or technology transfer expertise in
clean energy technology development.
(6) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the
Secretary of Energy.
(7) Technology development focus.--The term
``technology development focus'' means the unique clean
energy technology or technologies in which a Consortium
specializes.
(8) Translational research.--The term ``translational
research'' means coordination of basic or applied
research with technical applications to enable
promising discoveries or inventions to achieve
commercial application of energy technology.
(c) Role of the Secretary.--The Secretary shall--
(1) have ultimate responsibility for, and oversight
of, all aspects of the program under this section;
(2) select a recipient of a grant for the
establishment and operation of a Consortium through a
competitive selection process;
(3) coordinate the innovation activities of the
Consortium with those occurring through other
Department of Energy entities, including the National
Laboratories, the Advanced Research Projects Agency--
Energy, Energy Innovation Hubs, and Energy Frontier
Research Collaborations, and within industry, including
by annually--
(A) issuing guidance regarding national
energy research and development priorities and
strategic objectives; and
(B) convening a conference of staff of the
Department of Energy and representatives from
such other entities to share research results,
program plans, and opportunities for
collaboration.
(d) Entities Eligible for Support.--A consortium shall be
eligible to receive support under this section if--
(1) it is composed of--
(A) 2 research universities with a combined
annual research budget of $500,000,000; and
(B) 1 or more additional qualifying entities;
(2) its members have established a binding agreement
that documents--
(A) the structure of the partnership
agreement;
(B) a governance and management structure to
enable cost-effective implementation of the
program;
(C) a conflicts of interest policy consistent
with subsection (e)(1)(B);
(D) an accounting structure that meets the
requirements of the Department of Energy and
can be audited under subsection (f)(4); and
(E) that it has an External Advisory
Committee consistent with subsection (e)(3);
(3) it receives funding from States, consortium
participants, or other non-Federal sources, to be used
to support project awards pursuant to subsection (e);
(4) it is part of an existing cluster or demonstrates
high potential to develop a new cluster; and
(5) it operates as a nonprofit organization.
(e) Clean Energy Consortium.--
(1) Role.--The Consortium shall support translational
research activities leading to commercial application
of clean energy technologies, in accordance with the
purposes of this section, through issuance of awards to
projects managed by qualifying entities and other
entities meeting the Consortium's project criteria,
including national laboratories. The Consortium shall--
(A) develop and make available to the public
through the Department of Energy's Web site
proposed plans, programs, project selection
criteria, and terms for individual project
awards under this subsection;
(B) establish conflict of interest
procedures, consistent with those of the
Department of Energy, to ensure that employees
and designees for Consortium activities who are
in decisionmaking capacities disclose all
material conflicts of interest, including
financial, organizational, and personal
conflicts of interest;
(C) establish policies--
(i) to prevent resources provided to
the Consortium from being used to
displace private sector investment
otherwise likely to occur, including
investment from private sector entities
that are members of the Consortium;
(ii) to facilitate the participation
of private entities that invest in
clean energy technologies to perform
due diligence on award proposals, to
participate in the award review
process, and to provide guidance to
projects supported by the Consortium;
and
(iii) to facilitate the participation
of parties with a demonstrated history
of commercial application of clean
energy technologies in the development
of Consortium projects;
(D) oversee project solicitations, review
proposed projects, and select projects for
awards; and
(E) monitor project implementation.
(2) Distribution of awards.--The Consortium, with
prior approval of the Secretary, shall distribute
awards under this subsection to support clean energy
technology projects conducting translational research,
provided that at least 50 percent of such support shall
be provided to projects related to the Consortium's
clean energy technology development focus. Upon
approval by the Secretary, all remaining funds shall be
available to support any clean energy technology
projects conducting translational research.
(3) External advisory committee.--
(A) In general.--The Consortium shall
establish an External Advisory Committee, the
members of which shall have extensive and
relevant scientific, technical, industry,
financial, or research management expertise.
The External Advisory Committee shall review
the Consortium's proposed plans, programs,
project selection criteria, and projects and
shall ensure that projects selected for awards
meet the conflict of interest policies of the
Consortium. External Advisory Committee members
other than those representing Consortium
members shall serve for no more than 3 years.
All External Advisory Committee members shall
comply with the Consortium's conflict of
interest policies and procedures.
(B) Members.--The External Advisory Committee
shall consist of--
(i) 5 members selected by the
Consortium's research universities;
(ii) 2 members selected by the
Consortium's other qualifying entities;
(iii) 2 members selected at large by
other External Advisory Committee
members to represent the entrepreneur
and venture capital communities; and
(iv) 1 member appointed by the
Secretary.
(4) Conflict of interest.--The Secretary may
disqualify an application or revoke funds distributed
to the Consortium if the Secretary discovers a failure
to comply with conflict of interest procedures
established under paragraph (1)(B).
(f) Grant.--
(1) In general.--The Secretary shall make a grant
under this section in accordance with section 989 of
the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 16353). The
Secretary shall award the grant, on a competitive
basis, to 1 regional Consortium, for a term of 3 years.
(2) Amount.--A grant under this subsection shall be
in an amount not greater than $10,000,000 per fiscal
year over the 3 years of the term of the grant.
(3) Use.--The grant distributed under this section
shall be used exclusively to support project awards
pursuant to subsection (e)(1) and (2), provided that
the Consortium may use not more than 10 percent of the
amount of such grant for its administrative expenses
related to making such awards. The grant made under
this section shall not be used for construction of new
buildings or facilities, and construction of new
buildings or facilities shall not be considered as part
of the non-Federal share of a cost sharing agreement
under this section.
(4) Audit.--The Consortium shall conduct, in
accordance with such requirements as the Secretary may
prescribe, an annual audit to determine the extent to
which a grant distributed to the Consortium under this
subsection, and awards under subsection (e), have been
utilized in a manner consistent with this section. The
auditor shall transmit a report of the results of the
audit to the Secretary and to the Government
Accountability Office. The Secretary shall include such
report in an annual report to Congress, along with a
plan to remedy any deficiencies cited in the report.
The Government Accountability Office may review such
audits as appropriate and shall have full access to the
books, records, and personnel of the Consortium to
ensure that the grant distributed to the Consortium
under this subsection, and awards made under subsection
(e), have been utilized in a manner consistent with
this section.
(5) Revocation of awards.--The Secretary shall have
authority to review awards made under this subsection
and to revoke such awards if the Secretary determines
that the Consortium has used the award in a manner not
consistent with the requirements of this section.
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11. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative McCarthy, Carolyn of
New York or Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 172, line 10, strike ``and'' after the semicolon.
Page 172, line 14, strike the period and insert ``; and''.
Page 172, after line 14, insert the following:
(3) incorporate and build upon existing reports and
studies on improving emergency communications.
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12. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Miller, George of
California or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 246, after line 8, add the following new section:
SEC. 704. INFORMATION REQUESTS BY LABOR ORGANIZATIONS.
(a) Eligibility for Funds.--Notwithstanding any other
provision of this Act, a public institution of higher education
that employs employees who are represented by a labor
organization and perform work on an activity or program
supported by this Act or an amendment made by this Act shall be
eligible to receive funding for facilities and administrative
costs for any activity or program supported by this Act or the
amendments made by this Act only if the institution maintains a
policy that meets the requirements set forth in subsection (b).
(b) Requirements.--A policy described under subsection (a)
shall require that the institution provide, within 15 days of
receipt of a request by a labor organization representing the
employees of the institution described in subsection (a), any
information which the labor organization has a lawful right to
obtain under applicable labor laws. Such a policy shall provide
that, on a case-by-case basis, such 15 days may be extended to
a longer time period by mutual agreement of the labor
organization and the institution.
(c) Failure To Comply With Policy.--
(1) Complaint of noncompliance.--In the case of an
institution of higher education that does not provide
information requested by a labor organization in
compliance with the requirements of a policy described
in subsections (a) and (b), the labor organization may
file a complaint of noncompliance with the head of the
agency overseeing any activity or program supported by
this Act or the amendments made by this Act for which
the institution is receiving funds.
(2) Notification to institution.--Upon receiving such
a complaint, the head of such agency shall notify the
institution of the complaint and provide the
institution an additional 30 days to provide the
requested information to the labor organization or
otherwise explain why the complaint of non-compliance
is not valid.
(3) Agency action.--If the information has not been
provided by the institution at the conclusion of such
30 day period and the head of such agency determines
the complaint to be valid, the head of such agency
shall suspend payment of any funds for facilities and
administrative costs that would otherwise be available
to such institution for all activities and programs
supported by this Act and the amendments made by this
Act until such time as the requested information has
been provided by the institution.
(d) Definitions.--For purposes of this section--
(1) the term ``institution of higher education'' has
the meaning given such term in section 101(a) of the
Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001(a)),
except that such term does not include a private
institution of higher education; and
(2) the term ``facilities and administrative costs''
means facilities and administrative (F&A) costs as
defined in the Office of Management and Budget Revised
Circular A-21 (Cost Principles for Educational
Institutions, published in the Federal Register on May
10, 2004).
(e) Effective Date.--This section shall take effect on
January 1, 2011.
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13. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Reyes, Silvestre of
Texas or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 128, line 21, strike ``; and'' and insert a semicolon.
Page 128, after line 25, insert the following new
subparagraph:
(E) describe the approaches that will be
taken by each participating agency to conduct
outreach designed to promote widespread public
understanding of career opportunities in the
STEM fields specific to the workforce needs of
each agency, including outreach to women,
Latinos, African-Americans, Native Americans,
and other students from groups underrepresented
in STEM;
Page 129, line 6, strike the period and insert ``; and''.
Page 129, after line 6, insert the following new paragraph:
(4) establish and maintain a publically accessible
online database of all federally sponsored STEM
education programs and activities at all levels and for
all audiences, including students, teachers, and the
general public.
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14. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Sanchez, Loretta of
California or Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 131, line 6, redesignate paragraph (1) as paragraph (2).
Page 131, line 7, redesignate paragraph (2) as paragraph (3).
Page 131, line 9, redesignate paragraph (3) as paragraph (4).
Page 131, line 10, redesignate paragraph (4) as paragraph
(5).
Page 131, line 12, redesignate paragraph (5) as paragraph
(6).
Page 131, line 13, redesignate paragraph (6) as paragraph
(7).
Page 131, after line 5, insert the following:
(1) Elementary school and secondary school
administrator associations.
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15. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Bishop, Timothy of New
York or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 174, after line 13, insert the following:
SEC. 412. NANOMATERIAL INITIATIVE.
The Director shall carry out a nanomaterial research
initiative to--
(1) develop reference materials for nanomaterials and
derived products to be used in benchmarking toxicity,
calibrating instruments, and facilitating laboratory
comparisons;
(2) assist in the development of international
documentary standards relating to nanomaterials;
(3) develop instruments and measurement methods to
determine the physical and chemical properties of
nanomaterials; and
(4) gather and develop data to support the
correlation of physical and chemical properties of
nanomaterials to any environmental, safety, or other
risks.
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16. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Barrow, John of
Georgia or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 58, line 16, strike ``and''.
Page 58, line 22, strike the period and insert ``; and''.
Page 58, after line 22, insert the following new
subparagraph:
(D) describe how the Federal agencies
supporting manufacturing research and
development will strengthen all levels of
manufacturing education and training programs
to ensure an adequate, well-trained workforce.
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17. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Carney, Christopher of
Pennsylvania or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 125, after line 23, insert the following new subsection
(and redesignate the subsequent subsections accordingly):
(c) Outreach to Rural Communities.--The Foundation shall
conduct outreach to institutions of higher education and
private sector entities in rural areas to encourage those
entities to participate in partnerships under this section.
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18. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Clark, Yvette of New
York or Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 137, line 3, insert ``including by women and
underrepresented minority students,'' after ``and
participation,''.
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19. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Cohen, Steve of
Tennessee or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 149, after line 21, insert the following new section:
SEC. 305. SENSE OF CONGRESS.
It is the Sense of Congress that--
(1) in order to maintain our Nation's
competitiveness, we must improve the quality of STEM
education in the Nation;
(2) the incorporation of engineering education at the
elementary and secondary levels has the potential to
improve student learning and achievement in science and
mathematics, and to increase the technological literacy
of all students;
(3) formal and informal educational providers,
including K-12 schools, should integrate engineering
design principles into their curriculum; and
(4) exposing elementary and secondary students to
engineering education can expand students'
understanding of engineering and their awareness of
career opportunities in these fields.
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20. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Cuellar, Henry of
Texas or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 101, after line 2,1 insert the following new subsection:
(e) Outreach.--In carrying out the program under this
section, the Director shall conduct outreach efforts to
encourage applications from underrepresented groups.
Page 106, after line 12, insert the following new subsection:
(g) Outreach.--In carrying out the program under this
section, the Director shall conduct outreach efforts to
encourage applications from underrepresented groups.
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21. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Gingrey, Phil of
Georgia or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 98, after line 4, insert the following new section:
SEC. 229. GREEN CHEMISTRY BASIC RESEARCH.
The Director shall establish a Green Chemistry Basic Research
program to award competitive, merit-based grants to support
research into green and sustainable chemistry which will lead
to clean, safe, and economical alternatives to traditional
chemical products and practices. The research program shall
provide sustained support for green chemistry research,
education, and technology transfer through--
(1) merit-reviewed competitive grants to individual
investigators and teams of investigators, including, to
the extent practicable, young investigators, for
research;
(2) grants to fund collaborative research
partnerships among universities, industry, and
nonprofit organizations;
(3) symposia, forums, and conferences to increase
outreach, collaboration, and dissemination of green
chemistry advances and practices; and
(4) education, training, and retraining of
undergraduate and graduate students and professional
chemists and chemical engineers, including through
partnerships with industry, in green chemistry science
and engineering.
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22. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Herseth Sandlin,
Stephanie of South Dakota or Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 98, after line 4, insert the following new section:
SEC. 229. COLLABORATION IN PLANNING FOR STEWARDSHIP OF LARGE-SCALE
FACILITIES.
It is the sense of Congress that the Foundation should, in
its planning for construction and stewardship of large
facilities, coordinate and collaborate with other Federal
agencies, including the Department of Energy's Office of
Science, to ensure that joint investments may be made when
practicable. In particular, the Foundation should ensure that
it responds to recommendations by the National Academy of
Sciences and working groups convened by the National Science
and Technology Council regarding such facilities and
opportunities for partnership with other agencies in the design
and construction of such facilities. For facilities in which
research in multiple disciplines will be possible, the Director
should include multiple units within the Foundation during the
planning process.
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23. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Holt, Rush of New
Jersey or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle C of title I, insert the following:
SEC. 125. NATIONAL COMPETITIVENESS AND INNOVATION STRATEGY.
Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of
this Act, the Director of the White House Office of Science and
Technology Policy shall submit to Congress and the President a
national competitiveness and innovation strategy for
strengthening the innovative and competitive capacity of the
Federal Government, State and local governments, institutions
of higher education, and the private sector that includes--
(1) proposed legislative changes and action;
(2) proposed actions to be taken collectively by
executive agencies, including White House offices;
(3) proposed actions to be taken by individual
executive agencies, including White House offices; and
(4) a proposal for metrics-based monitoring and
oversight of the progress of the Federal Government
with respect to improving conditions for the innovation
occuring in and the competitiveness of the United
States.
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24. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Holt, Rush of New
Jersey or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 62, after line 2, insert the following new subsection:
(f) Sense of Congress Regarding Peer Review.--It is the sense
of Congress that peer review is an important part of the
process of ensuring the integrity of the record of scientific
research, and that the National Science and Technology Council
working group established under this section should take into
account the role that scientific publishers play in the peer
review process.
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25. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Honda, Michael of
California or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 132, line 7, strike ``and''.
Page 132, line 12, strike the period at the end and insert
``; and''.
Page 132, after line 12, insert the following:
(5) facilitating improved coordination between
federally supported STEM education programs and
activities and State level activities, including the
efforts of P-16 and P-20 councils in the States.
(d) Definitions.--For purposes of this section:
(1) P-16.--The term ``P-16'' refers to a system of
education that encompasses preschool through
undergraduate level education.
(2) P-20.--The term ``P-20'' refers to a system of
education that encompasses preschool through graduate
level education.
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26. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Issa, Darrell of
California or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 62, line 3, through page 69, line 21, strike section
124.
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27. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Jackson Lee, Sheila of
Texas or Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 126, line 14, strike ``and''.
Page 126, line 16, strike the period and insert the
following: ``, and an economic and ethnic breakdown of the
participating students.''
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28. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Marshall, Jim of
Georgia or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 176, line 6, strike ``within'' insert the following: ``,
including those focused on the needs of small businesses and
rural communities, within''.
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29. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Michaud, Michael of
Maine or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 194, strike lines 1 through 4 and insert the following:
``(2) Collaboration.--
``(A) In general.--The Secretary shall
explore and pursue collaboration with other
Federal agencies, including through multiagency
funding opportunities, on regional innovation
strategies.
``(B) Small businesses.--The Secretary shall
ensure that such collaboration with Federal
agencies prioritizes the needs and challenges
of small businesses.''.
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30. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Michaud, Michael of
Maine or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 191, after line 5, insert the following:
``(C) Special consideration.--The Secretary
shall give special consideration to
applications from regions that contain
communities negatively impacted by trade.
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31. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Michaud, Michael of
Maine or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 131, line 22, insert before the semicolon the following:
``, including the unique needs of schools in rural areas''.
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32. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Ruppersberger, C. A.
``Dutch'' of Maryland or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 102, line 3, insert ``(a) Matching Requirement.--''
before ``Section 10A''.
Page 102, after line 9, insert the following new subsection:
(b) Retiring STEM Professionals.--Section 10A of the National
Science Foundation Authorization Act of 2002 (42 U.S.C. 1862n-
1a) is amended in subsection (a)(2)(A) by inserting ``including
retiring professionals in those fields,'' after ``mathematics
professionals,''.
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33. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Ruppersberger, C. A.
``Dutch'' of Maryland or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 127, after line 13, insert the following new section:
SEC. 256. CYBER-ENABLED LEARNING FOR NATIONAL CHALLENGES.
The Director shall, in consultation with appropriate Federal
agencies, identify ways to use cyber-enabled learning to create
an innovative STEM workforce and to help retrain and retain our
existing STEM workforce to address national challenges,
including national security and competitiveness.
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34. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Boccieri, John of Ohio
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 187, line 8, strike ``$50,000,000'' and insert
``$100,000,000''.
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35. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Childers, Travis of
Mississippi or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 174, after line 13, insert the following:
SEC. 412. DISASTER RESILIENT BUILDINGS AND INFRASTRUCTURE.
(a) Establishment.--The Director shall carry out a disaster
resilient buildings and infrastructure program.
(b) Real-Scale Structures.--As part of the program, the
Director shall--
(1) develop the capability to test real-scale
structures under realistic fire and structural loading
conditions; and
(2) assist in the validation of predictive models by
developing a database on the performance of large-scale
structures under realistic fire and structural loading
conditions.
(c) Database.--As part of the program, the Director shall
develop a database on the performance of the built environment
during natural and man-made hazard events.
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36. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Chu, Judy of
California or Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 103, line 22, insert ``, including from a 2-year to a 4-
year institution'' after ``to another''.
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37. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Ellsworth, Brad of
Indiana or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 246, after line 8, insert the following new section:
SEC. 704. LIMITATION.
No funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act or the
amendments made by this Act may be used to purchase gift items,
knickknacks, souvenirs, trinkets, or other items without direct
educational value.
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38. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Halvorson, Deborah of
Illinois or Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 106, line 3, strike ``Considerations.--In'' and insert
``Considerations.--
(1) In general.--In''.
Page 106, line 8, insert ``and veterans'' after ``1885b)''.
Page 106, after line 8, insert the following new paragraph:
(2) Definition.--For purposes of this subsection, the
term ``veteran'' means a person who--
(A) served on active duty (other than active
duty for training) in the Armed Forces of the
United States for a period of more than 180
consecutive days, and who was discharged or
released therefrom under conditions other than
dishonorable; or
(B) served on active duty (other than active
duty for training) in the Armed Forces of the
United States and was discharged or released
from such service for a service-connected
disability before serving 180 consecutive days.
For purposes of subparagraph (B), the term ``service-
connected'' has the meaning given such term under
section 101 of title 38, United States Code.
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39. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Hare, Phil of Illinois
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 149, after line 21, insert the following new section:
SEC. 305. SENSE OF CONGRESS.
For science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM)
education programs or activities authorized under this Act or
amendments made by this Act, it is the sense of Congress that
when more than 1 applicant is competing for the same grant and
the applications from each applicant are considered equal in
merit by the grant-awarding authority, the grant-awarding
authority shall give additional consideration to any of the
following:
(1) An applicant that has not previously received
funding.
(2) An applicant that is an institution of higher
education in a rural area.
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40. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Heinrich, Martin of
New Mexico or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 189, line 11, strike ``partnership'' and insert
``partnership, a science park, a Federal laboratory''.
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41. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Heinrich, Martin of
New Mexico or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 245, after line 2, insert the following:
Subtitle E--Technology Transfer Database
SEC. 651. TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER DATABASE.
To support the commercial application of new energy
technologies development by the Department of Energy, the
Secretary of Energy may establish an online database of
technologies, capabilities, and resources available to the
public at the National Laboratories.
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42. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Kissell, Larry of
North Carolina or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 182, after line 18, insert the following:
``(3) Limitation.--In charging and collecting fees
under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall take into
consideration the amount of the obligation.
Page 183, after line 22, insert the following (and
redesignate subsequent paragraphs accordingly):
``(2) criteria that the Secretary shall use to
determine the amount of any fees charged under
subsection (j), including criteria related to the
amount of the obligation;
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43. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Klein, Ron of Florida
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 166, after line 9, insert the following new subsection:
(g) Evaluation of Obstacles Unique to Small Manufacturers.--
Section 25 of such Act (15 U.S.C. 278k) is further amended by
adding after subsection (i), as added by subsection (f), the
following:
``(j) Evaluation of Obstacles Unique to Small
Manufacturers.--The Director shall--
``(1) evaluate obstacles that are unique to small
manufacturers that prevent such manufacturers from
effectively competing in the global market;
``(2) implement a comprehensive plan to train the
Centers to address such obstacles; and
``(3) facilitate improved communication between the
Centers to assist such manufacturers in implementing
appropriate, targeted solutions to such obstacles.''.
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44. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Kratovil, Jr., Frank,
of Maryland or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 149, after line 21, insert the following new section:
SEC. 305. ENCOURAGING FEDERAL SCIENTISTS AND ENGINEERS TO PARTICIPATE
IN STEM EDUCATION.
Not later than 6 months after the date of enactment of this
Act, the Director of the Office of Science and Technology
Policy, in consultation with the Department of Education, shall
develop a policy to--
(1) increase volunteerism in STEM education
activities by encouraging scientists and engineers from
Federal science agencies conducting nonmilitary
scientific research and development, including
scientists and engineers of the federally funded
research and development centers supported by those
agencies, to volunteer in STEM education activities,
and by providing administrative support for such
scientists and engineers to engage in such
volunteerism; and
(2) support increased communication and partnerships
between scientists and engineers from Federal science
agencies conducting nonmilitary scientific research and
development, including scientists and engineers of the
federally funded research and development centers
supported by those agencies, and elementary and
secondary schools and teachers through volunteerism in
STEM education activities.
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45. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative McNerney, Jerry of
California or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 133, line 25, strike ``and''.
Page 133, after line 25, insert the following new clause:
``(vi) marine and hydrokinetic
technology systems; and
Page 135, line 23, strike ``and''.
Page 135, after line 23, insert the following new clause:
``(vi) marine and hydrokinetic
technology systems; and
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46. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Minnick, Walt of Idaho
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 132, line 7, strike ``and''.
Page 132, line 12, strike the period and insert ``; and''.
Page 132, after line 12, insert the following new
paragraph:
(5) providing advice to Federal agencies on how
their STEM technical training and education programs
can be better aligned with the workforce needs of
States and regions.
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47. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Moore, Gwen of
Wisconsin or Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 208, line 13, insert ``and the Great Lakes'' after
``including oceans''.
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48. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Murphy, Patrick of
Pennsylvania or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 138, line 5, strike ``and''.
Page 138, line 9, strike the period at the end and insert
``; and''.
Page 138, after line 9, insert the following:
(6) competitive grants for institutions of higher
education (as defined under section 101(a) of the
Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001(a))),
including 2-year institutions of higher education, to
establish or expand degree programs or courses in
energy systems science and engineering.
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49. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Perriello, Thomas of
Virginia or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 132, line 3, insert ``, including through the
interagency committee established under section 301,'' after
``Federal agencies''.
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50. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Quigley, Mike of
Illinois or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 127, after line 13, insert the following new section:
SEC. 256. SENSE OF CONGRESS.
It is the sense of Congress that retaining graduate-level
talent trained at American universities in Science, Technology,
Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) fields is critical to
enhancing the competitiveness of American businesses.
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51. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Salazar, John of
Colorado or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 138, line 5, strike ``and''.
Page 138, line 9, strike the period and insert ``; and''.
Page 139, after line 9, insert the following new paragraph:
``(6) professional training for energy auditors, field
technicians, and building contractors, in the areas of building
energy retrofits and audits or related renewable energy
technology installations.''.
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52. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Schock, Aaron of
Illinois or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 191, after line 5, insert the following new paragraph
(and redesignate subsequent paragraphs accordingly):
``(5) Special consideration.--The Secretary shall
give special consideration to an eligible recipient who
agrees to collaborate with local workforce investment
area boards.
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53. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Space, Zachary of Ohio
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 174, after line 13, insert the following:
SEC. 412. MANUFACTURING RESEARCH.
(a) In General.--The Director shall carry out a program to
support transformational manufacturing research.
(b) Activities.--As part of such program, the Director
shall--
(1) develop and disseminate measurement tools and
capabilities for new additive manufacturing and
robotics technologies and methods;
(2) establish new techniques and methods to
efficiently generate and assemble products integrating
nanoscale materials and devices; and
(3) carry out other research with significant
transformational potential for manufacturing.
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54. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Titus, Dina of Nevada
or Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 121, beginning on line 7, strike ``STEM teacher
professional development'' and insert ``pre-service and in-
service STEM teacher training and professional development''.