,,ib ,union ,calendar ,no4 #d #aagth    
,,congress  #ast ,session  ,h4 ,r4 #add 
,report ,no4 #aag-af ,,in ,,the ,,house 
,,of ,,representatives  ,january #d1    
#bjba,ms4 ,johnson of ,texas 7for       
herself and ,mr4 ,lucas7 introduced the 
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,science1 ,space1 and 
,technology  ,april #ad1                
#bjba;,additional sponsors3 ,ms4        
,bonamici1 ,mr4 ,lamb1 ,mr4 ,garcia of  
,california1 ,mrs4 ,kirkpatrick1 ,mr4   
,mc,nerney1 ,ms4 ,moore of ,wisconsin1  
,ms4 ,norton1 ,mr4 ,perlmutter1 ,mr4    
,beyer1 ,ms4 ,ross1 ,mr4 ,gonzalez of   
,ohio1 ,ms4 ,wild1 ,mr4 ,weber of       
,texas1 ,mr4 ,waltz1 ,ms4 ,garcia of    
,texas1 ,ms4 ,houlahan1 ,mr4 ,feenstra1 
,mr4 ,bowman1 ,mrs4 ,fletcher1 ,ms4     
,schakowsky1 ,mr4 ,kildee1 ,mrs4 ,bice  
of ,oklahoma1 ,mr4 ,foster1 ,mr4 ,case1 
,mr4 ,meijer1 ,mr4 ,sessions1 ,mr4      
,baird1 and ,mrs4 ,kim of ,california   
,april #ad1 #bjba,reported with an      
amendment1 committed to the ,committee  

of the ,whole ,house on the ,state of   
the ,union1 and ordered to be           
printed,strike out all after the        
enacting clause and insert the part     
printed in italic,for text of introduced
 bill1 see copy of bill as introduced on
 ,january #d1 #bjba  ,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  7#c7    
,the future of ,america's defense will  
rely on advanced technologies to        
maintain its military superiority over  
its rivals1 including ,china4 ,these    
technologies will require new levels of 
scientific and engineering aptitude and 
understanding4 ,early career researchers
 will play a critical role in the       
development of these technologies1 and  
the loss of an entire generation of     
researchers due to the ,,covid-#ai      
pandemic will be detrimental to the     
,united ,states national security4  #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  
qualified institution of higher         
education chosen by such investigator1  
to last for a period not greater than #b
 years4  7b7 ,selection process ,the    

,director of the ,national ,science     
,foundation shall select grantees under 
subsection 7a7 from among citizens1     
nationals1 and lawfully admitted        
permanent resident aliens of the ,united
 ,states4  7c7 ,outreach ,the ,director 
shall conduct program outreach to       
recruit fellowship applicants-- 7#a7    
from all regions of the country2  7#b7  
from historically underrepresented      
populations in the fields of science1   
technology1 engineering1 and            
mathematics2 and  7#c7 who graduate from
 or intend to carry out research at a   
variety of types of institutions of     
higher education1 including-- 7,a7      
,historically ,black ,colleges and      
,universities2  7,b7 ,hispanic-,serving 
,institutions2  7,c7 ,tribal ,colleges  
and ,universities2 and  7,d7            
institutions of higher education that   
are not among the top #ej institutions  
in annual ,federal funding for research4
  7d7 ,special consideration ,the       
,director shall give special            

consideration to an application from an 
individual who graduated from or is     
intending to carry out research at an   
institution of the type listed in       
subsection 7c77#c74  7e7 ,report ,not   
later than #ij days after the conclusion
 of the second year of the pilot        
program1 the ,director shall submit a   
report to ,congress that includes-- 7#a7
 statistical summary data on fellowship 
awardees disaggregated by race1         
ethnicity1 gender1 age1 years since     
completion of doctoral degree1 and      
institution type2  7#b7 an assessment1  
drawing on feedback from the research   
community and other sources of          
information1 of the effectiveness of the
 pilot program for mitigating the loss  
of research talent due to the pandemic2 
and  7#c7 if determined effective1 a    
plan for permanent implementation of the
 pilot program4  7f7 ,qualified         
institution of higher education defined 
,the term qualified institution of      
higher education means an institution of

 higher education 7as defined in section
 #aja of the ,higher ,education ,act of 
#aife 7#bj ,u4,s4,c4 #ajja77 that is    
inside the ,united ,states or a         
territory of the ,united ,states4  #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  
,april #ad1 #bjba,reported with an      
amendment1 committed to the ,committee  
of the ,whole ,house on the ,state of   
the ,union1 and ordered to be printed