Science and Mathematics Education for Competitiveness Act - (Sec. 3) Amends the National Science Foundation Authorization Act of 2002 to rename the Robert Noyce Scholarship Program as the "Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program."
Amends the Act to modify provisions concerning the Program and the use of grants under the Program.
Requires an institution of higher education (or consortia of such institutions), in order to be eligible for an award under the Program, to ensure that specific faculty members and staff from the institution's mathematics, science, or engineering departments and specific education faculty are designated to carry out the development and implementation of a program under the Act. Permits an institution of higher education to also include teacher leaders to participate in developing the pedagogical content of the program and to supervise students participating in the program in their field teaching experiences. Prohibits any institution of higher education from being eligible for an award unless faculty from the institution's mathematics, science, or engineering departments are active participants in the program.
Revises application, scholarship, stipend, and service obligation provisions, including by: (1) requiring the Director of the National Science Foundation (NSF), in evaluating applications submitted for a program, to consider, at a minimum, the extent to which the applicant's mathematics, science, or engineering faculty and its education faculty have worked or will work collaboratively to design new or revised curricula that recognize the specialized pedagogy required to teach mathematics and science effectively in elementary and secondary schools; (2) increasing the amount to be awarded for scholarships per year; (3) allowing an individual to receive more than a maximum two years of scholarship support if the Director establishes a policy by which part-time students may receive additional years of support; (4) setting a maximum service requirement of four years for service by an individual as a mathematics or science teacher; (5) requiring the period of service obligation to be reduced by one year for scholarship recipients whose service is performed in a high-need local educational agency; (6) extending the duration of time under which individuals may receive stipend support; (7) modifying the duration of the service obligation required of an individual who receives a stipend; and (8) modifying requirements for calculation of the amount of repayment that the United States is entitled to recover from a scholarship recipient who has failed to complete one year of his or her service obligation.
Authorizes the Director to accept donations from the private sector to support scholarships, stipends, or internships associated with programs under the Act.
Requires the Director to transmit a report on the effectiveness of the Program regarding the retention of participants in the teaching profession beyond the service obligation required.
Authorizes appropriations for FY2007-FY2011 to the Director for such Program. Earmarks, with an exception, specified amounts for use for certain capacity building activities described in the Act.
(Sec. 4) Amends the National Science Foundation Authorization Act of 2002 to revise provisions concerning mathematics and science education partnerships, including by: (1) requiring an institution of higher education, through one or more of its departments in science, mathematics, or engineering or an eligible nonprofit organization (or consortium of such institutions), to enter into a partnership with one or more local educational agencies that may also include education faculty from the participating institution or institutions of higher education, a state educational agency, or one or more businesses; (2) modifying requirements for the use of grants under such provisions; and (3) changing references under the requirements for master teachers to teacher leaders.
Requires activities carried out in accordance with offering content-specific professional development programs to include the development and offering of master's degree programs for in-service mathematics and science teachers that will strengthen their subject area knowledge and pedagogical skills. Permits grants provided under such provisions to be used to develop and implement courses of instruction for the master's degree programs, which may involve online learning, and develop related educational materials. Instructs partnerships carrying out activities to prepare science and mathematics teachers to teach Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate science and mathematics courses in accordance with such programs to encourage companies employing scientists, mathematicians, or engineers to provide mentors to teachers and students and provide for the coordination of such mentoring activities.
Allows activities carried out in accordance with developing or adapting elementary and secondary school mathematics and science curricular materials that incorporate contemporary research on the science of learning to include the development and dissemination of curriculum tools that will help foster inventiveness and innovation.
Instructs the Director: (1 ) in evaluating grant applications, to consider, at a minimum, the extent to which the evaluation of how the partnership will assess its success will be independent and based on objective measures; and (2) in awarding grants, to give priority to applications that include teacher training activities as the main focus of the proposal.
Limits a grant awarded under such provisions to be not less than $75,000 or greater than $2 million for any fiscal year.
Requires the Director to: (1) determine which completed projects funded through the partnership program should be seen as models to be replicated on a more expansive basis at the state or national levels and transmit a report describing the results of this study; and (2) transmit a report summarizing the evaluations required on how partnerships will assess their success with respect to grants received under this program and describing any changes to the program recommended as a result of these evaluations. Requires such report to be made widely available to the public.
Defines "mathematics and science teacher" to mean a mathematics, science, or technology teacher at the elementary school or secondary school level. Revises the definitions of: (1) "eligible nonprofit organization"; and (2) "high-need local educational agency."
Authorizes appropriations for FY2007-FY2011 to the Director for the School and University Partnerships for Science and Mathematics Education program.
(Sec. 5) Amends the National Science Foundation Authorization Act of 2002 to revise requirements for the Science, Mathematics, Engineering, and Technology Talent Expansion Program, including by requiring the Director to carry out under the grant Program the creation of centers to develop undergraduate curricula, teaching methods for undergraduate courses, and methods to better train professors and teaching assistants who teach undergraduate courses to increase the number of students completing undergraduate courses in science, mathematics, technology, and engineering, including the number of nonmajors, and to improve student academic achievement in those courses. Sets forth requirements for grants made for the creation of such centers. Requires such grants to be awarded jointly through the Education and Human Resources Directorate and at least one research directorate of the NSF. Instructs the Director, in awarding such grants, to endeavor to ensure that a wide variety of science, mathematics, and engineering fields and types of institutions of higher education, including two-year colleges, are covered and that: (1) at least one center is housed at a doctoral/research university; and (2) at least one center is focused on improving undergraduate education in an interdisciplinary area.
Requires the Director to convene an annual meeting of the awardees under the Program to foster collaboration and to disseminate the results of the centers and the other activities funded under the Program.
Requires the Director to transmit a report on how the Director is determining whether current grant recipients in the Program are making satisfactory progress as required by such Act and what funding actions have been taken as a result of the Director's determinations.
Authorizes appropriations to the Director for FY2007-FY2011 for such Program.
(Sec. 6) Requires the Director: (1) for each of FY2007-FY2011, to allocate at least 1.5% of funds appropriated for research and related activities to the Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship program; and (2) to coordinate with federal departments and agencies, as appropriate, to expand the interdisciplinary nature of the program. Authorizes the Director to accept funds from other federal departments and agencies to carry out such program.
(Sec. 7) Requires the Director to continue to: (1) carry out the program of Centers for Research on Learning and Education Improvement; and (2) carry out programs in undergraduate education, including those authorized in section 17 of the National Science Foundation Authorization Act of 2002 relating to undergraduate education reform. States that funding for these programs shall increase as funding for the NSF grows.
(Sec. 9) Requires the Director to enter into an agreement with an appropriate party to assess the impact of the Professional Science Master's degree at a variety of institutions and to transmit the results of such study, together with any recommendations for federal support for Professional Science Master's programs.
(Sec. 10) Requires the Director to transmit a report on the impact of the broader impacts grant criterion used by the NSF.
(Sec. 11) Requires the Director to transmit a report examining the extent to which institutions of higher education are donating used laboratory equipment to elementary and secondary schools. Requires the Director, in consultation with the Secretary of Education, to survey institutions of higher education to make specified determinations.
(Sec. 12) Requires the Director, in conducting assessments of NSF education programs, to use assessment methods that allow NSF programs to be compared to education programs supported by other federal agencies.
(Sec. 13) Directs the Secretary of Energy, acting through the Office of Science, to carry out education programs and activities in fields related to the Office's mission, which may include awarding scholarships or fellowships for study and research, providing research experiences at National Laboratories for undergraduates, and operating summer institutes to improve the content knowledge of science and mathematics teachers. Requires the Secretary to transmit a report on the inventory and independent evaluation of existing education programs and activities at the Department of Energy and at the National Laboratories. Instructs the Secretary to include the conduct of education programs at the National Laboratories and the results of any evaluations of such programs as a factor in the annual setting of the performance and other incentive fees for a National Laboratories management and operations contractor.
[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5358 Introduced in House (IH)]
109th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 5358
To authorize programs relating to science, mathematics, engineering,
and technology education at the National Science Foundation and the
Department of Energy Office of Science, and for other purposes.
_______________________________________________________________________
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
May 11, 2006
Mr. Schwarz of Michigan (for himself, Mr. Boehlert, Mr. Smith of Texas,
Mr. Calvert, Mr. Ehlers, Mrs. Biggert, Mr. Inglis of South Carolina,
and Mr. McCaul of Texas) introduced the following bill; which was
referred to the Committee on Science
_______________________________________________________________________
A BILL
To authorize programs relating to science, mathematics, engineering,
and technology education at the National Science Foundation and the
Department of Energy Office of Science, 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 ``Science and Mathematics Education
for Competitiveness Act''.
SEC. 2. ROBERT NOYCE TEACHER SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM.
Section 10 of the National Science Foundation Authorization Act of
2002 (42 U.S.C. 1862n-1) is amended--
(1) by inserting ``Teacher'' after ``Noyce'' in the section
heading and each place it appears in the text;
(2) in subsection (c)(3)--
(A) by striking ``$7,500'' and inserting
``$10,000''; and
(B) by striking ``of scholarship support'' and
inserting ``of scholarship support, unless the Director
establishes a policy by which part-time students may
receive additional years of support'';
(3) in subsection (c)(4), by inserting ``with a maximum
service requirement of 4 years'' after ``was received'';
(4) in subsection (d)(3), by striking ``1 year'' and
inserting ``16 months'';
(5) in subsection (d)(4), by striking ``for each year a
stipend was received'';
(6) in subsection (g)(2)(A)--
(A) by striking ``Treasurer of the United States,''
and inserting ``Treasurer of the United States.''; and
(B) by striking ``multiplied by 2.''
(7) in subsection (i)(3), by inserting ``or had a career
in'' after ``is working in''; and
(8) by adding at the end the following:
``(j) Authorization of Appropriations.--Except as provided in
subsection (k), there are authorized to be appropriated to the Director
for the Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program--
``(1) $50,000,000 for fiscal year 2007, of which at least
$7,500,000 shall be used for capacity building activities
described in subsection (a)(3)(A)(ii) and (iii) and (B)(ii) and
(iii);
``(2) $70,000,000 for fiscal year 2008, of which at least
$10,500,000 shall be used for capacity building activities
described in subsection (a)(3)(A)(ii) and (iii) and (B)(ii) and
(iii);
``(3) $90,000,000 for fiscal year 2009, of which at least
$13,500,000 shall be used for capacity building activities
described in subsection (a)(3)(A)(ii) and (iii) and (B)(ii) and
(iii);
``(4) $90,000,000 for fiscal year 2010, of which at least
$13,500,000 shall be used for capacity building activities
described in subsection (a)(3)(A)(ii) and (iii) and (B)(ii) and
(iii); and
``(5) $90,000,000 for fiscal year 2011, of which at least
$13,500,000 shall be used for capacity building activities
described in subsection (a)(3)(A)(ii) and (iii) and (B)(ii) and
(iii).
``(k) Exception.--For any fiscal year for which the funding
allocated for activities under this section is less than $50,000,000,
the amount of funding available for capacity building activities
described in paragraphs (1) through (5) of subsection (j) shall not
exceed 15 percent of the allocated funds.''
SEC. 3. SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS TEACHER TRAINING PARTNERSHIPS.
(a) In General.--Section 9 of the National Science Foundation
Authorization Act of 2002 (42 U.S.C. 1862n) is amended to read as
follows:
``SEC. 9. SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS TEACHER TRAINING PARTNERSHIPS
PROGRAM.
``(a) Program Authorized.--
``(1) In general.--(A) The Director shall carry out a
program to award grants to institutions of higher education or
eligible nonprofit organizations (or consortia of such
institutions or organizations) to establish science and
mathematics teacher training partnership programs to improve
elementary and secondary science and mathematics instruction.
``(B) Grants shall be awarded under this subsection on a
competitive, merit-reviewed basis.
``(2) Partnerships.--To be eligible to receive a grant
under this subsection, an institution of higher education
through 1 or more of its departments in science, mathematics,
or engineering or an eligible nonprofit organization (or a
consortium thereof) shall enter into a partnership with 1 or
more local educational agencies that may also include 1 or more
businesses.
``(3) Required uses of funds.--Grants awarded under this
subsection shall be used for activities that draw upon the
expertise of the partners to improve teacher content knowledge
in science or mathematics at the elementary or secondary
levels, such as conducting--
``(A) intensive, content-specific teacher
institutes, which may include the provision of stipends
or expenses for participants;
``(B) model induction programs for teachers in
their first 2 years of teaching; and
``(C) programs to expand the knowledge of existing
teachers through sustained, content-specific
professional development programs.
``(4) Additional uses of funds.--Grants awarded under this
subsection may also be used to conduct--
``(A) programs to train, in both content and
pedagogy, teacher leaders who will be granted
sufficient nonclassroom time to serve as mentor
teachers, as demonstrated by assurances their employing
school has provided to the Director, in such time and
such manner as the Director may require;
``(B) programs to train teachers to incorporate new
technologies into their classroom; and
``(C) programs to train teachers to incorporate
laboratory experiences into their lesson plans.
``(b) Selection Process.--
``(1) Application.--An institution of higher education or
eligible nonprofit organization seeking funding under
subsection (a) shall submit an application to the Director at
such time, in such manner, and containing such information as
the Director may require. The application shall include, at a
minimum--
``(A) a description of the partnership and the role
that each member will play in implementing the
proposal;
``(B) a description of the activities to be carried
out, including--
``(i) the number of teachers to be served;
``(ii) how such activities will be aligned
with State science and mathematics achievement
standards;
``(iii) how such activities will increase
the number or percentage of science and
mathematics teachers who are highly qualified
teachers, as defined in section 9101 of the
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965
(20 U.S.C. 7801); and
``(iv) how such activities will reduce the
attrition of science and mathematics teachers;
``(C) a description of the need for qualified
science and mathematics teachers in the area to be
served;
``(D) a description of the manner in which the
partnership will be continued after assistance under
this program concludes; and
``(E) a description of how the partnership will
evaluate the impact of the program.
``(2) Review of applications.--In evaluating the
applications submitted under paragraph (1), the Director shall
consider, at a minimum--
``(A) the ability of the partners to effectively
carry out the proposed programs;
``(B) the extent to which effective practices can
be identified and replicated; and
``(C) the extent to which the evaluation described
in paragraph (1)(E) will be independent and based on
objective measures.
``(3) Awards.--In awarding grants under this section, the
Director shall give priority consideration to applications in
which the partnership includes a high-need local educational
agency and to applications that include activities described in
subsection (a)(4)(A).
``(4) Maximum grant.--A grant awarded under this section
shall not be less than $75,000 or greater than $2,000,000 for
any fiscal year.
``(c) Accountability and Dissemination.--
``(1) Assessment required.--Not later than 2 years after
the date of enactment of this section, the Director shall
establish a common set of benchmarks and assessment tools to
allow for the comparison of practices across grantees.
``(2) Report.--Not later than 4 years after the date of
enactment of this section, the Director shall perform an
assessment of the effectiveness of the Science and Mathematics
Teacher Training Partnerships Program established by this
section in improving elementary and secondary science and
mathematics instruction. Not later than 5 years after the date
of enactment of this section, the Director shall transmit a
report describing the results of this assessment to the
Committee on Science and the Committee on Education and the
Workforce of the House of Representatives and to the Committee
on Commerce, Science, and Transportation and the Committee on
Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate. Such
reports shall be made widely available to the public.
``(d) Authorization.--There are authorized to be appropriated to
the National Science Foundation for the purpose of this section
$50,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2007 through 2011.''.
(b) Definitions.--Section 4 of the National Science Foundation
Authorization Act of 2002 (42 U.S.C. 1862n note) is amended--
(1) by amending paragraph (6) to read as follows:
``(6) Eligible nonprofit organization.--The term `eligible
nonprofit organization' means a nonprofit organization, such as
a museum or science center, involved in the preparation,
training, or certification of science and mathematics
teachers.'';
(2) by amending paragraph (8) to read as follows:
``(8) High-need local educational agency.--The term `high-
need local educational agency' means a local educational agency
that--
``(A) is receiving grants under title I of the
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20
U.S.C. 6301 et seq) as a result of having within its
jurisdiction concentrations of children from low income
families; and
``(B) is experiencing a shortage of highly
qualified teachers, as defined in section 9101 of the
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20
U.S.C. 7801), in the fields of science, mathematics, or
engineering.''; and
(3) in paragraph (11) by striking ``master teacher'' and
inserting ``teacher leader'' each place it appears.
(c) Continuing Grants.--This section shall not be construed to
terminate any Mathematics and Science Partnership awards made prior to
the date of enactment of this Act.
SEC. 4. SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, AND MATHEMATICS TALENT
EXPANSION PROGRAM.
There are authorized to be appropriated to the Director of the
National Science Foundation for the Science, Technology, Engineering,
and Mathematics Talent Expansion Program, $40,000,000 for fiscal year
2007, $45,000,000 for fiscal year 2008, $50,000,000 for fiscal year
2009, $50,000,000 for fiscal year 2010, and $50,000,000 for fiscal year
2011.
SEC. 5. INTEGRATIVE GRADUATE EDUCATION AND RESEARCH TRAINEESHIP
PROGRAM.
(a) Funding.--For each of the fiscal years 2007 through 2011, the
Director of the National Science Foundation shall allocate at least 1.5
percent of funds appropriated for Research and Related Activities to
the Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship program.
(b) Coordination.--The Director shall coordinate with Federal
departments and agencies, as appropriate, to expand the
interdisciplinary nature of the Integrative Graduate Education and
Research Traineeship program.
(c) Authority to Accept Funds From Other Agencies.--The Director is
authorized to accept funds from other Federal departments and agencies
to carry out the Integrative Graduate Education and Research
Traineeship program.
SEC. 6. ESTABLISHMENT OF CENTERS FOR UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION IN
SCIENCE, MATHEMATICS, AND ENGINEERING.
(a) Establishment.--
(1) In general.--(A) The Director of the National Science
Foundation shall carry out a program to award grants to
departments of science, mathematics, or engineering at
institutions of higher education (or consortia thereof) to
establish Centers for Undergraduate Education in Science,
Mathematics, and Engineering. The program shall be designed to
promote the development of curriculum, teaching methods, and
teacher training methods to improve the quality of
undergraduate science, mathematics, and engineering courses and
increase the number of students taking such courses, including
nonmajors.
(B) The grants shall be made jointly through the Education
and Human Resources Directorate and at least 1 research
directorate of the National Science Foundation.
(C) Grants under this section shall be awarded on a
competitive, merit-reviewed basis.
(D) Grants awarded under this section shall be for 5 years.
The Director may extend a grant under this section for up to 2
additional 3-year periods.
(2) Activities.--Grants awarded under this section may be
used to--
(A) create model curricula and laboratory programs;
(B) develop and demonstrate research-based
instructional methods and technologies;
(C) develop methods to train graduate students and
faculty to be more effective teachers;
(D) conduct programs to disseminate curricula,
instructional methods, or training methods to faculty
at the grantee institutions and at other institutions;
and
(E) conduct any other activities the Director
determines will accomplish the goals described in
paragraph (1)(A).
(b) Selection Process.--
(1) Application.--A department of science, mathematics, or
engineering of an institution of higher education (or
consortium thereof) seeking funding under this section shall
submit an application to the Director at such time, in such
manner, and containing such information as the Director may
require. At a minimum, the application shall include--
(A) a description of the activities to be carried
out by the Center;
(B) a plan for disseminating programs related to
the activities carried out by the Center to faculty at
the grantee institution and at other institutions;
(C) an estimate of the number of faculty, graduate
students, and undergraduate students who be affected by
the activities carried out by the Center; and
(D) a plan for assessing the effectiveness of the
Center at accomplishing the goals described in
subsection (a)(1)(A).
(2) Review of applications.--In evaluating the applications
submitted under paragraph (1), the Director shall consider, at
a minimum--
(A) the ability of the applicant to effectively
carry out the proposed activities, including the
dissemination activities described in subsection
(a)(2)(D); and
(B) the extent to which the faculty, staff, and
administrators of the applicant institution are
committed to improving undergraduate science,
mathematics, and engineering education.
(3) Awards.--In awarding grants under the program, the
Director shall endeavor to ensure that a wide variety of
science, mathematics, and engineering fields and types of
institutions of higher education, including 2-year colleges,
are covered, and that--
(A) at least 1 center is housed at a Doctoral/
Research University as defined by the Carnegie
Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching; and
(B) at least 1 center is focused on improving
undergraduate education in an interdisciplinary area.
(c) Annual Conference.--The Director shall convene an annual
meeting of the Centers to foster collaboration among the Centers and to
further disseminate the results of the Centers' activities.
(d) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be
appropriated to the National Science Foundation for the purpose of this
section $4,000,000 for fiscal year 2007 and $10,000,000 for each of the
fiscal years 2008 through 2011.
SEC. 7. EVALUATION OF PROFESSIONAL SCIENCE MASTERS.
Not earlier than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act,
the Director of the National Science Foundation shall enter into an
agreement with an appropriate party to assess the impact of the
Professional Science Master's (PSM) degree at a variety of
institutions, including the extent to which the degree is
interdisciplinary and targeted to emerging fields, the ability of
graduates to obtain employment in industry relative to those who
receive traditional science master's degrees, salary ranges for
graduates relative to traditional science masters graduates, the extent
to which the degree is terminal or graduates go on to continue their
education, and the success of the degree in attracting traditionally
underrepresented populations, including women and minorities. The
results of such study, together with any recommendations for Federal
support for Professional Science Master's programs, shall be submitted
to the Congress not later than 3 years after the date of enactment of
this Act.
SEC. 8. REPORT ON BROADER IMPACTS CRITERION.
Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the
Director of the National Science Foundation shall submit to Congress a
report on the impact of the broader impacts grant criterion used by the
National Science Foundation. The report shall---
(1) identify the criteria that each division and
directorate of the Foundation uses to evaluate the broader
impacts aspects of research proposals;
(2) provide a breakdown of the types of activities by
division that awardees have proposed to carry out to meet the
broader impacts criterion;
(3) provide any evaluations performed by the National
Science Foundation to assess the degree to which the broader
impacts aspects of research proposals were carried out and how
effective they have been at meeting the goals described in the
research proposals;
(4) describe what national goals, such as improving
undergraduate science, mathematics, and engineering education,
improving K-12 science and mathematics education, promoting
university-industry collaboration and technology transfer, and
broadening participation of underrepresented groups, the
broader impacts criterion is best suited to promote; and
(5) describe what steps the National Science Foundation is
taking and should take to use the broader impacts criterion to
improve undergraduate science, mathematics, and engineering
education.
SEC. 9. EDUCATION PROGRAMS AT THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY.
(a) Authorization of Education Programs.--The Secretary of Energy
shall carry out education programs and activities in fields related to
the Department's mission, which may include awarding scholarships or
fellowships for study and research, providing research experiences at
National Laboratories for undergraduates, and operating summer
institutes to improve the content knowledge of science and mathematics
teachers.
(b) Inventory and Evaluation.--
(1) Report.--Not later than 1 year after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Energy shall transmit a
report to the Congress which shall contain--
(A) an inventory of existing education programs and
activities at the Department and at the National
Laboratories, which shall include a description of each
education program or activity supported by the
Department or the National Laboratories, a description
of the intended beneficiaries, and the amount of
Federal funding used to support it; and
(B) a schedule for conducting independent
evaluations of the education programs and activities
identified under subparagraph (A) to assess the impact
of such programs and activities on the intended
beneficiaries and the larger mission of the Department
that shall result in all evaluations of the programs
being completed not later than 4 years after the date
of enactment of this Act.
(2) Implementation of schedule.--The Secretary shall
implement the schedule provided under paragraph (1)(B) and
shall transmit each evaluation to the Congress as it is
completed, along with a description of any actions the
Secretary intends to take as a result of the evaluation.
(c) National Laboratories.--The Secretary shall include the conduct
of education programs at the National Laboratories and the results of
any evaluations of such programs as a factor in the annual setting of
the performance and other incentive fees for a National Laboratories
management and operations contractor.
SEC. 10. DEFINITION.
In this Act, 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)).
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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E807)
Referred to the House Committee on Science.
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Ordered to be Reported (Amended).
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Science. H. Rept. 109-524.
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Science. H. Rept. 109-524.
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 293.
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