To authorize appropriations for the National Science Foundation, and for other purposes.
TABLE OF CONTENTS:
Title I: National Science Foundation Authorization
Title II: General Provisions
Title III: Academic Research Facilities Modernization
Title IV: International Scientific Cooperation
Title V: Undergraduate Education
National Science Foundation Authorization Act of 1994 - Title I: National Science Foundation Authorization - Authorizes appropriations to the National Science Foundation (NSF) for FY 1995 and FY 1996. Prohibits the expenditure of FY 1996 funds for the Critical Technologies Institute.
Title II: General Provisions - Amends the National Science Foundation Act of 1950 to direct the NSF to include in its annual report to the President a strategic plan defining its goals, criteria, and procedures.
(Sec. 202) Requires the NSF Director (Director) to submit to the Congress an annual upgrade and maintenance plan for national research facilities.
(Sec. 203) Amends the Academic Research Facilities Modernization Act of 1988 to require the NSF Director, when making awards for academic facilities maintenance, to exclude from consideration after FY 1995 certain institutions or consortia which received Federal maintenance funds for projects that were not subjected to a competitive, merit-based award process.
(Sec. 204) Prohibits a science-technology center from being disqualified from competition for funding support under NSF informal science education programs on the basis of: (1) geographic location; (2) size of population served; or (3) date on which it commences operations.
(Sec. 205) Amends the Science and Engineering Equal Opportunities Act to include within its target population women, minorities, persons with disabilities, and other underrepresented groups.
(Sec. 207) Amends the National Science Foundation Act of 1950 and the National Science Foundation Authorization Act of 1988 to modify certain administrative procedures.
Amends the National Science Foundation Authorization Act, 1977 to repeal its mandate for an Office of Small Business Research and Development.
(Sec. 209) Requires the Director to establish a program to develop school curriculum materials that promote the relationship of environmental and economic and technical activities.
(Sec. 211) Prohibits the awarding of funds to any grantee who reported FY 1994 Federal research grant outlays in excess of $10 million unless such grantee agrees to reimburse NSF from prior unobligated research amounts for any increased indirect expenses.
(Sec. 212) Requires grants and contracts to be made on a competitive basis.
(Sec. 213) Prohibits grant or contract awards to educational institutions which prevent military recruiting.
(Sec. 214) Expresses the sense of the Congress that entities receiving assistance under this Act should purchase only American-made equipment and products.
Title III: Academic Research Facilities Modernization - Instructs the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy to develop a multiagency Federal program plan to provide financial support to institutions of higher education to modernize obsolete science and engineering research facilities.
Title IV: International Scientific Cooperation - Authorizes the Director to: (1) make grants to domestic organizations for "debt-for-science" exchanges; and (2) facilitate and participate in the establishment of binational and multinational endowed science foundations. Requires the NSF Director to submit to the Congress a strategic plan for NSF international scientific cooperation activities.
Title V: Undergraduate Education - Requires each educational institution receiving a FY 1995 research grant to provide NSF with specified information on its undergraduate mathematics, science, and engineering activities.
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 670.
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Science, Space and Technology. H. Rept. 103-475.
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Science, Space and Technology. H. Rept. 103-475.
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 266.
Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 414 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 3254 with 1 hour of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit with or without instructions. It shall be in order to consider as an original bill for the purpose of amendment under the five-minute rule the amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology now printed in the bill. Measure will be read by title. Bill is open to amendments.
Rule H. Res. 414 passed House.
Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 414. (consideration: CR H2969-2972)
Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 3254 with 1 hour of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit with or without instructions. It shall be in order to consider as an original bill for the purpose of amendment under the five-minute rule the amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology now printed in the bill. Measure will be read by title. Bill is open to amendments.
House resolved itself into the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union pursuant to H. Res. 414 and Rule XXIII.
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The Speaker designated the Honorable James L. Oberstar to act as Chairman of the Committee.
GENERAL DEBATE - The Committee of the Whole proceeded with one hour of general debate.
Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union rises leaving H.R. 3254 as unfinished business.
Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H3022-3036)
The House resolved into Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union for further consideration.
The House rose from the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union to report H.R. 3254.
The House adopted the amendment in the nature of a substitute as agreed to by the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union.
Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by recorded vote: 396 - 22 (Roll no. 153).
Roll Call #153 (House)On passage Passed by recorded vote: 396 - 22 (Roll no. 153).
Roll Call #153 (House)Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
The Clerk was authorized to correct section numbers, punctuation, and cross references, and to make other necessary technical and conforming corrections in the engrossment of H.R. 3254.
Received in the Senate and read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources.