,i  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #dced  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,november #i1        
#bjag,mr4 ,lewis of ,georgia introduced 
the following bill2 which was referred  
to the ,committee on ,science1 ,space1  
and ,technology  ,a ,,bill  ,to require 
reporting by the ,national ,science     
,foundation on requests for funding     
research that were not granted and had  
the greatest potential for promoting    
scientific progress and advancing       
national health1 prosperity1 and        
welfare1 and for other purposes4  #a4   
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,missed ,opportunities in ,science  
and ,engineering ,research ,act of      
#bjag4  #b4 ,annual reporting by        
,national ,science ,foundation on missed
 opportunities  7a7 ,in general ,not    
later than ,march #cj of each fiscal    
year starting with fiscal year #bjag    
through fiscal year #bjba1 the ,director
 of the ,national ,science ,foundation  
7in this section1 referred to as the    

,director7 shall submit to ,congress a  
report on the fiscal health of the      
,national ,science ,foundation research 
enterprise and the volume of worthy but 
unfunded grant proposals submitted to   
the ,national ,science ,foundation in   
the preceding fiscal year4 ,such report 
shall identify--  7#a7 the success rate 
of grant applications reviewed during   
such fiscal year2  7#b7 the top two     
grant applications reviewed during such 
fiscal year that were not selected for  
funding2 and  7#c7 if the success rate  
described in paragraph 7#a7 is less than
 #cb percent1 the top applications for  
grants that were not selected for       
funding but would have been so selected 
if the ,foundation had achieved a       
success rate of #cb percent or greater  
for the fiscal year4  7b7 ,trade secrets
 and confidential information ,this     
section does not authorize the          
,secretary to disclose any information  
that is a trade secret or confidential  
information subject to section          

#eeb7;b77#d7 of title #e1 ,united       
,states ,code1 or section #aije of title
 #ah1 ,united ,states ,code4  7c7       
,definitions ,in this section3 7#a7     
,success rate ,the term success rate    
means the percentage of grant           
applications reviewed by the ,director  
that received funding4  7#b7 ,top ,the  
term top1 with respect to a grant       
application1 means that such application
 has been determined by the ,director to
 have greater potential than any other  
grant applications submitted to the     
,director for--  7,a7 promoting any     
field of fundamental science or         
engineering2  7,b7 advancing the        
national health1 prosperity1 and        
welfare2 or  7,c7 securing the national 
defense4