,in the ,senate of the ,united ,states1 
,february #c1 #bjaf4  ,amendment3  ,that
 the bill from the ,house of            
,representatives 7,h4,r4 #cjcc7 entitled
 ,an ,act to require the ,president's   
annual budget request to ,congress each 
year to include a line item for the     
,research in ,disabilities ,education   
program of the ,national ,science       
,foundation and to require the ,national
 ,science ,foundation to conduct        
research on dyslexia41 do pass with the 
following ,strike section #d of the bill
 and insert the following3 #d4 ,dyslexia
  7a7 ,in general ,consistent with      
subsection 7c71 the ,national ,science  
,foundation shall support               
multi-directorate1 merit-reviewed1 and  
competitively awarded research on the   
science of specific learning disability1
 including dyslexia1 such as research on
 the early identification of children   
and students with dyslexia1 professional
 development for teachers and           
administrators of students with         

dyslexia1 curricula and educational     
tools needed for children with dyslexia1
 and implementation and scaling of      
successful models of dyslexia           
intervention4 ,research supported under 
this subsection shall be conducted with 
the goal of practical application4  7b7 
,awards ,to promote development of early
 career researchers1 in awarding funds  
under subsection 7a7 the ,national      
,science ,foundation shall prioritize   
applications for funding submitted by   
early career researchers4  7c7          
,coordination ,to prevent unnecessary   
duplication of research1 activities     
under this ,act shall be coordinated    
with similar activities supported by    
other ,federal agencies1 including      
research funded by the ,institute of    
,education ,sciences and the ,national  
,institutes of ,health4  7d7 ,funding   
,the ,national ,science ,foundation     
shall devote not less than #e1jjj1jjj to
 research described in subsection 7a71  
which shall include not less than       

#b1ejj1jjj for research on the science  
of dyslexia1 for each of fiscal years   
#bjag through #bjba1 subject to the     
availability of appropriations1 to come 
from amounts made available for the     
,research and ,related ,activities      
account or the ,education and ,human    
,resources ,directorate under subsection
 7e74 ,this section shall be carried out
 using funds otherwise appropriated by  
law after the date of enactment of this 
,act4  7e7 ,authorization ,for each of  
fiscal years #bjaf through #bjba1 there 
are authorized out of funds appropriated
 to the ,national ,science ,foundation1 
#e1jjj1jjj to carry out the activities  
described in subsection 7a74  #e4       
,definition of specific learning        
disability ,in this ,act1 the term      
specific learning disability-- 7#a7     
means a disorder in #a or more of the   
basic psychological processes involved  
in understanding or in using language1  
spoken or written1 which disorder may   
manifest itself in the imperfect ability

 to listen1 think1 speak1 read1 write1  
spell1 or do mathematical calculations2 
7#b7 includes such conditions as        
perceptual disabilities1 brain injury1  
minimal brain dysfunction1 dyslexia1 and
 developmental aphasia2 and  7#c7 does  
not include a learning problem that is  
primarily the result of visual1 hearing1
 or motor disabilities1 of intellectual 
disability1 of emotional disturbance1 or
 of environmental1 cultural1 or economic
 disadvantage4  ,secretary