,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #fbg  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,january #af1        
#bjai,mr4 ,wittman introduced the       
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,science1 ,space1 and 
,technology  ,a ,,bill  ,to provide for 
a report on broadening participation in 
certain ,national ,science ,foundation  
research and education programs1 to     
collect data on ,federal research grants
 to science agencies1 and for other     
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,,stem ,research and
 ,education ,effectiveness and          
,transparency ,act4  #b4 ,broadening    
participation in ,,stem program         
effectiveness  7a7 ,in general ,not     
later than #ab months after the date of 
enactment of this ,act1 the ,director of
 the ,national ,science ,foundation     
shall submit a report to ,congress on   
the effectiveness of all ,national      
,science ,foundation research and       
education programs for broadening the   

participation of women and other        
historically underrepresented           
individuals in ,,stem studies and       
careers1 including--  7#a7 development  
or identification of performance metrics
 to evaluate such programs2  7#b7       
information on student outcomes using   
all available data1 including dropout   
rates1 enrollment in graduate programs1 
internships or apprenticeships1 and     
employment2  7#c7 identification of any 
data gaps for evaluating the            
effectiveness and outcomes of ,national 
,science ,foundation programs to broaden
 participation2 and  7#d7               
recommendations for maintaining1        
translating1 and disseminating outcomes 
data for ,,stem programs funded by the  
,national ,science ,foundation4  7b7    
,definition of ,,stem ,in this section1 
the term ,,stem has the meaning given   
the term in section #b of the ,america  
,,competes ,reauthorization ,act of     
#bjaj 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #ffba note74  #c4  
,collection and reporting of data on    

,federal research grants  7a7           
,collection of data  7#a7 ,in general   
,each ,federal science agency shall     
collect standardized record-level annual
 information on demographics1 primary   
field1 award type1 review rating1 budget
 request1 funding outcome1 and awarded  
budget for all applications for         
merit-reviewed research and development 
grants to institutions of higher        
education and ,federal laboratories     
supported by that agency4  7#b7         
,uniformity and standardization ,the    
,director shall establish a policy to   
ensure uniformity and standardization of
 the data collection required under     
paragraph 7#a74  7#c7 ,record-level data
  7,a7 ,requirement ,on an annual basis1
 beginning with the deadline under      
subparagraph 7,c71 each ,federal science
 agency shall submit to the ,director of
 the ,national ,science ,foundation     
record-level data collected under       
paragraph 7#a7 in the form required by  
such ,director4  7,b7 ,previous data ,as

 part of the first submission under     
subparagraph 7,a71 each ,federal science
 agency1 to the extent practicable1     
shall submit comparable record-level    
data for the #e years preceding the     
deadline under subparagraph 7,c74  7,c7 
,deadline ,the deadline under this      
paragraph is not later than #a year     
after the date of enactment of this     
,act4  7b7 ,reporting of data ,the      
,director of the ,national ,science     
,foundation shall publish statistical   
summary data collected under this       
section1 disaggregated and              
cross-tabulated demographically and by  
years since completion of doctoral      
degree1 including in conjunction with   
the ,national ,science ,foundation's    
report required by section #cg of the   
,science and ,technology ,equal         
,opportunities ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4      
#ahhe;d2 ,public ,law #if-eaf74  7c7    
,definitions ,in this section3 7#a7     
,director ,the term ,director means the 
,director of the ,office of ,science and

 ,technology ,policy4  7#b7 ,federal    
laboratory ,the term ,federal laboratory
 has the meaning given that term in     
section #d of the ,stevenson-,wydler    
,technology ,innovation ,act of #aihj   
7#ae ,u4,s4,c4 #cgjc74  7#c7 ,federal   
science agency ,the term ,federal       
science agency means any ,federal agency
 with at least #ajj1jjj1jjj in research 
and development expenditures in fiscal  
year #bjai4  7#d7 ,institution of higher
 education ,the term institution of     
higher education has the meaning given  
such term in section #aja7;a7 of the    
,higher ,education ,act of #aife 7#bj   
,u4,s4,c4 #ajja7;a774