,i  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #hjdd  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,august #ad1         
#bjbj,ms4 ,johnson of ,texas 7for       
herself1 ,mr4 ,lucas1 ,mr4 ,beyer1 ,mr4 
,garcia of ,california1 ,mr4 ,lipinski1 
,mr4 ,weber of ,texas1 ,ms4 ,bonamici1  
,mr4 ,gonzalez of ,ohio1 ,mr4 ,tonko1   
and ,mr4 ,cohen7 introduced the         
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,science1 ,space1 and 
,technology  ,a ,,bill  ,to forestall   
the loss of research talent by          
establishing a temporary early career   
research fellowship program4  #a4 ,short
 title ,this ,act may be cited as the   
,supporting ,early-,career ,researchers 
,act4  #b4 ,findings ,congress finds the
 following3 7#a7 ,the ,nation's         
universities and industrial research    
labs are facing unprecedented budget    
pressure as part of the ,,covid-#ai     
health crisis1 resulting in considerably
 fewer openings for research and        
teaching positions4  7#b7 ,emergency    

funding is needed to forestall the loss 
of research talent likely to occur if   
early-career researchers are forced to  
seek employment outside of research due 
to the sharp economic decline caused by 
the ,,covid-#ai health crisis4  #c4     
,early-career research fellowship       
program  7a7 ,in general ,the ,director 
of the ,national ,science ,foundation   
may establish a #b-year pilot program to
 award grants to highly qualified       
early-career investigators to carry out 
an independent research program at the  
institution of higher education chosen  
by such investigator1 to last for a     
period not greater than #b years4  7b7  
,institution of higher education defined
 ,the term institution of higher        
education has the meaning given the term
 in section #aja of the ,higher         
,education ,act of #aife 7#bj ,u4,s4,c4 
#ajja74  #d4 ,authorization of          
appropriations ,there is authorized to  
be appropriated to the ,director of the 
,national ,science ,foundation          

#bej1jjj1jjj for each of fiscal years   
#bjba through #bjbb to carry out the    
activities in this ,act4