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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION S. 1235 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To direct the Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology |
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| 6 | 6 | | to establish the Foundation for Standards and Metrology, and for other |
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| 7 | 7 | | purposes. |
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| 8 | 8 | | IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES |
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| 9 | 9 | | APRIL1 (legislative day, MARCH31), 2025 |
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| 10 | 10 | | Mr. C |
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| 11 | 11 | | OONS(for himself, Mr. YOUNG, Mr. HICKENLOOPER, and Mrs. FISCH- |
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| 12 | 12 | | ER) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to |
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| 13 | 13 | | the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation |
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| 14 | 14 | | A BILL |
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| 15 | 15 | | To direct the Director of the National Institute of Standards |
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| 16 | 16 | | and Technology to establish the Foundation for Stand- |
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| 17 | 17 | | ards and Metrology, and for other purposes. |
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| 18 | 18 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 19 | 19 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 20 | 20 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 21 | 21 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Expanding Partner-4 |
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| 22 | 22 | | ships for Innovation and Competitiveness Act’’. 5 |
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| 23 | 23 | | SEC. 2. FOUNDATION FOR STANDARDS AND METROLOGY. 6 |
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| 24 | 24 | | (a) I |
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| 25 | 25 | | NGENERAL.—Subtitle B of title II of the Re-7 |
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| 26 | 26 | | search and Development, Competition, and Innovation Act 8 |
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| 30 | 30 | | (42 U.S.C. 18931 et seq.) is amended by adding at the 1 |
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| 31 | 31 | | end the following: 2 |
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| 32 | 32 | | ‘‘SEC. 10236. FOUNDATION FOR STANDARDS AND METROL-3 |
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| 33 | 33 | | OGY. 4 |
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| 34 | 34 | | ‘‘(a) E |
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| 35 | 35 | | STABLISHMENT.—The Secretary, acting 5 |
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| 36 | 36 | | through the Director, shall establish a nonprofit corpora-6 |
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| 37 | 37 | | tion to be known as the ‘Foundation for Standards and 7 |
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| 38 | 38 | | Metrology’ (in this section referred to as the ‘Founda-8 |
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| 39 | 39 | | tion’). 9 |
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| 40 | 40 | | ‘‘(b) M |
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| 41 | 41 | | ISSION.—The mission of the Foundation shall 10 |
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| 42 | 42 | | be— 11 |
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| 43 | 43 | | ‘‘(1) to support the Institute in carrying out its 12 |
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| 44 | 44 | | activities and mission to advance measurement 13 |
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| 45 | 45 | | science, technical standards, and technology in ways 14 |
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| 46 | 46 | | that enhance the economic security and prosperity of 15 |
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| 47 | 47 | | the United States; and 16 |
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| 48 | 48 | | ‘‘(2) to advance collaboration with researchers, 17 |
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| 49 | 49 | | institutions of higher education, industry, and non-18 |
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| 50 | 50 | | profit and philanthropic organizations to accelerate 19 |
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| 51 | 51 | | the development of technical standards, measure-20 |
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| 52 | 52 | | ment science, and the commercialization of emerging 21 |
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| 53 | 53 | | technologies in the United States. 22 |
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| 54 | 54 | | ‘‘(c) A |
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| 55 | 55 | | CTIVITIES.—In carrying out its mission under 23 |
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| 56 | 56 | | subsection (b), the Foundation may conduct the following: 24 |
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| 60 | 60 | | ‘‘(1) Support international metrology and tech-1 |
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| 61 | 61 | | nical standards engagement activities. 2 |
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| 62 | 62 | | ‘‘(2) Support studies, projects, and research on 3 |
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| 63 | 63 | | metrology and the development of benchmarks and 4 |
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| 64 | 64 | | technical standards infrastructure across the Insti-5 |
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| 65 | 65 | | tute’s mission areas. 6 |
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| 66 | 66 | | ‘‘(3) Advance collaboration between the Insti-7 |
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| 67 | 67 | | tute and researchers, industry, nonprofit and philan-8 |
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| 68 | 68 | | thropic organizations, institutions of higher edu-9 |
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| 69 | 69 | | cation, federally funded research and development 10 |
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| 70 | 70 | | centers, and State, Tribal, and local governments. 11 |
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| 71 | 71 | | ‘‘(4) Support the expansion and improvement of 12 |
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| 72 | 72 | | research facilities and infrastructure at the Institute 13 |
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| 73 | 73 | | to advance the development of emerging tech-14 |
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| 74 | 74 | | nologies. 15 |
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| 75 | 75 | | ‘‘(5) Support the commercialization of federally 16 |
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| 76 | 76 | | funded research. 17 |
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| 77 | 77 | | ‘‘(6) Conduct education and outreach activities. 18 |
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| 78 | 78 | | ‘‘(7) Offer direct support to NIST associates, 19 |
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| 79 | 79 | | including through the provision of fellowships, 20 |
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| 80 | 80 | | grants, stipends, travel, health insurance, profes-21 |
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| 81 | 81 | | sional development training, housing, technical and 22 |
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| 82 | 82 | | administrative assistance, recognition awards for 23 |
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| 83 | 83 | | outstanding performance, and occupational safety 24 |
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| 87 | 87 | | and awareness training and support, and other ap-1 |
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| 88 | 88 | | propriate expenditures. 2 |
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| 89 | 89 | | ‘‘(8) Any other activity as determined necessary 3 |
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| 90 | 90 | | by the Foundation to carry out its mission. 4 |
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| 91 | 91 | | ‘‘(d) A |
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| 92 | 92 | | UTHORITY OF THE FOUNDATION.—The Foun-5 |
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| 93 | 93 | | dation shall be the sole entity responsible for carrying out 6 |
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| 94 | 94 | | the activities described in subsection (c). 7 |
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| 95 | 95 | | ‘‘(e) S |
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| 96 | 96 | | TAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT.—The Founda-8 |
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| 97 | 97 | | tion shall convene, and may consult with, representatives 9 |
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| 98 | 98 | | from the Institute, institutions of higher education, the 10 |
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| 99 | 99 | | private sector, non-profit organizations, and commer-11 |
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| 100 | 100 | | cialization organizations to develop activities for the mis-12 |
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| 101 | 101 | | sion of the Foundation under subsection (b) and to ad-13 |
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| 102 | 102 | | vance the activities of the Foundation under subsection 14 |
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| 103 | 103 | | (c). 15 |
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| 104 | 104 | | ‘‘(f) L |
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| 105 | 105 | | IMITATION.—The Foundation shall not be an 16 |
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| 106 | 106 | | agency or instrumentality of the Federal Government. 17 |
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| 107 | 107 | | ‘‘(g) S |
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| 108 | 108 | | UPPORT.—The Foundation may receive, ad-18 |
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| 109 | 109 | | minister, solicit, accept, and use funds, gifts, devises, or 19 |
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| 110 | 110 | | bequests, either absolutely or in trust of real or personal 20 |
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| 111 | 111 | | property or any income therefrom or other interest there-21 |
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| 112 | 112 | | in, to support activities under subsection (c). 22 |
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| 113 | 113 | | ‘‘(h) T |
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| 114 | 114 | | AXEXEMPTSTATUS.—The Board shall take 23 |
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| 115 | 115 | | all necessary and appropriate steps to ensure the Founda-24 |
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| 116 | 116 | | tion is an organization described in section 501(c) of the 25 |
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| 120 | 120 | | Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and exempt from taxation 1 |
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| 121 | 121 | | under section 501(a) of such Code. 2 |
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| 122 | 122 | | ‘‘(i) B |
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| 123 | 123 | | OARD OFDIRECTORS.— 3 |
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| 124 | 124 | | ‘‘(1) E |
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| 125 | 125 | | STABLISHMENT.—The Foundation shall 4 |
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| 126 | 126 | | be governed by a Board of Directors (in this section 5 |
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| 127 | 127 | | referred to as the ‘Board’). 6 |
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| 128 | 128 | | ‘‘(2) C |
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| 129 | 129 | | OMPOSITION.— 7 |
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| 130 | 130 | | ‘‘(A) I |
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| 131 | 131 | | N GENERAL.—The Board shall be 8 |
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| 132 | 132 | | composed of the following: 9 |
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| 133 | 133 | | ‘‘(i) Eleven appointed voting members 10 |
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| 134 | 134 | | described in subparagraph (B). 11 |
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| 135 | 135 | | ‘‘(ii) Ex officio nonvoting members de-12 |
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| 136 | 136 | | scribed in subparagraph (C). 13 |
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| 137 | 137 | | ‘‘(B) A |
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| 138 | 138 | | PPOINTED MEMBERS .— 14 |
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| 139 | 139 | | ‘‘(i) I |
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| 140 | 140 | | NITIAL MEMBERS .—The Sec-15 |
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| 141 | 141 | | retary, acting through the Director, shall— 16 |
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| 142 | 142 | | ‘‘(I) seek to enter into an agree-17 |
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| 143 | 143 | | ment with the National Academies of 18 |
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| 144 | 144 | | Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine 19 |
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| 145 | 145 | | to develop a list of individuals to serve 20 |
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| 146 | 146 | | as members of the Board who are well 21 |
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| 147 | 147 | | qualified and will meet the require-22 |
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| 148 | 148 | | ments of clauses (ii) and (iii); and 23 |
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| 149 | 149 | | ‘‘(II) appoint the initial members 24 |
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| 150 | 150 | | of the Board from such list, if appli-25 |
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| 154 | 154 | | cable, in consultation with the Na-1 |
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| 155 | 155 | | tional Academies of Sciences, Engi-2 |
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| 156 | 156 | | neering, and Medicine. 3 |
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| 157 | 157 | | ‘‘(ii) R |
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| 158 | 158 | | EPRESENTATION.—The ap-4 |
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| 159 | 159 | | pointed members of the Board shall reflect 5 |
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| 160 | 160 | | a broad cross-section of stakeholders 6 |
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| 161 | 161 | | across diverse sectors, regions and commu-7 |
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| 162 | 162 | | nities, including from academia, private 8 |
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| 163 | 163 | | sector entities, technical standards bodies, 9 |
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| 164 | 164 | | the investment community, the philan-10 |
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| 165 | 165 | | thropic community, and other nonprofit or-11 |
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| 166 | 166 | | ganizations. 12 |
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| 167 | 167 | | ‘‘(iii) E |
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| 168 | 168 | | XPERIENCE.—The Secretary, 13 |
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| 169 | 169 | | acting through the Director, shall ensure 14 |
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| 170 | 170 | | the appointed members of the Board have 15 |
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| 171 | 171 | | the experience and are qualified to provide 16 |
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| 172 | 172 | | advice and information to advance the 17 |
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| 173 | 173 | | Foundation’s mission, including in science 18 |
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| 174 | 174 | | and technology research and development, 19 |
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| 175 | 175 | | technical standards, education, technology 20 |
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| 176 | 176 | | transfer, commercialization, or other as-21 |
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| 177 | 177 | | pects of the Foundation’s mission. 22 |
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| 178 | 178 | | ‘‘(C) N |
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| 179 | 179 | | ONVOTING MEMBERS .— 23 |
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| 183 | 183 | | ‘‘(i) EX OFFICIO MEMBERS.—The Di-1 |
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| 184 | 184 | | rector (or Director’s designee) shall be an 2 |
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| 185 | 185 | | ex officio member of the Board. 3 |
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| 186 | 186 | | ‘‘(ii) N |
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| 187 | 187 | | O VOTING POWER.—The Direc-4 |
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| 188 | 188 | | tor (or Director’s designee), as an ex offi-5 |
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| 189 | 189 | | cio member in accordance with clause (i), 6 |
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| 190 | 190 | | shall not have voting power on the Board. 7 |
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| 191 | 191 | | ‘‘(3) C |
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| 192 | 192 | | HAIR AND VICE CHAIR.— 8 |
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| 193 | 193 | | ‘‘(A) I |
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| 194 | 194 | | N GENERAL.—The Board shall des-9 |
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| 195 | 195 | | ignate, from among its voting members— 10 |
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| 196 | 196 | | ‘‘(i) an individual to serve as the chair 11 |
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| 197 | 197 | | of the Board; and 12 |
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| 198 | 198 | | ‘‘(ii) an individual to serve as the vice 13 |
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| 199 | 199 | | chair of the Board. 14 |
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| 200 | 200 | | ‘‘(B) T |
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| 201 | 201 | | ERMS.—The term of service of the 15 |
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| 202 | 202 | | Chair and Vice Chair of the Board shall end on 16 |
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| 203 | 203 | | the earlier of— 17 |
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| 204 | 204 | | ‘‘(i) the date that is 3 years after the 18 |
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| 205 | 205 | | date on which the Chair or Vice Chair of 19 |
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| 206 | 206 | | the Board, as applicable, is designated for 20 |
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| 207 | 207 | | the respective position; and 21 |
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| 208 | 208 | | ‘‘(ii) the last day of the term of serv-22 |
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| 209 | 209 | | ice of the member, as determined under 23 |
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| 210 | 210 | | paragraph (4)(A), who is designated to be 24 |
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| 214 | 214 | | Chair or Vice Chair of the Board, as appli-1 |
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| 215 | 215 | | cable. 2 |
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| 216 | 216 | | ‘‘(C) R |
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| 217 | 217 | | EPRESENTATION.—The Chair and 3 |
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| 218 | 218 | | Vice Chair of the Board— 4 |
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| 219 | 219 | | ‘‘(i) may not be representatives of the 5 |
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| 220 | 220 | | same area of subject matter expertise or 6 |
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| 221 | 221 | | the same entity, as applicable; and 7 |
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| 222 | 222 | | ‘‘(ii) may not be representatives of 8 |
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| 223 | 223 | | any area of subject matter expertise or any 9 |
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| 224 | 224 | | entity, as applicable, represented by the 10 |
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| 225 | 225 | | immediately preceding Chair and Vice 11 |
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| 226 | 226 | | Chair of the Board. 12 |
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| 227 | 227 | | ‘‘(4) T |
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| 228 | 228 | | ERMS AND VACANCIES.— 13 |
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| 229 | 229 | | ‘‘(A) T |
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| 230 | 230 | | ERM LIMITS.—Subject to subpara-14 |
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| 231 | 231 | | graph (B), the term of office of each member 15 |
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| 232 | 232 | | of the Board shall be not more than 5 years, 16 |
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| 233 | 233 | | except that a member of the Board may con-17 |
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| 234 | 234 | | tinue to serve after the expiration of the term 18 |
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| 235 | 235 | | of such member until the expiration of the 180- 19 |
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| 236 | 236 | | day period beginning on the date on which the 20 |
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| 237 | 237 | | term of such member expires, if no new member 21 |
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| 238 | 238 | | is appointed to replace the departing board 22 |
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| 239 | 239 | | member. 23 |
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| 240 | 240 | | ‘‘(B) I |
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| 241 | 241 | | NITIAL APPOINTED MEMBERS .—Of 24 |
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| 242 | 242 | | the initial members of the Board appointed 25 |
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| 246 | 246 | | under subparagraph (A), half of such members 1 |
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| 247 | 247 | | shall serve for 4.5 years, and half of such mem-2 |
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| 248 | 248 | | bers shall serve for 5 years, as determined by 3 |
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| 249 | 249 | | the Chair of the Board. 4 |
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| 250 | 250 | | ‘‘(C) V |
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| 251 | 251 | | ACANCIES.—Any vacancy in the 5 |
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| 252 | 252 | | membership of the appointed members of the 6 |
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| 253 | 253 | | Board— 7 |
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| 254 | 254 | | ‘‘(i) shall be filled in accordance with 8 |
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| 255 | 255 | | the bylaws of the Foundation by an indi-9 |
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| 256 | 256 | | vidual capable of representing the same 10 |
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| 257 | 257 | | area or entity, as applicable, as rep-11 |
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| 258 | 258 | | resented by the vacating board member 12 |
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| 259 | 259 | | under paragraph (2)(B)(ii); 13 |
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| 260 | 260 | | ‘‘(ii) shall not affect the power of the 14 |
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| 261 | 261 | | remaining appointed members to carry out 15 |
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| 262 | 262 | | the duties of the Board; and 16 |
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| 263 | 263 | | ‘‘(iii) shall be filled by an individual 17 |
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| 264 | 264 | | selected by the Board. 18 |
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| 265 | 265 | | ‘‘(5) Q |
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| 266 | 266 | | UORUM.—A majority of the members of 19 |
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| 267 | 267 | | the Board shall constitute a quorum for the pur-20 |
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| 268 | 268 | | poses of conducting the business of the Board. 21 |
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| 269 | 269 | | ‘‘(6) D |
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| 270 | 270 | | UTIES.—The Board shall carry out the 22 |
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| 271 | 271 | | following: 23 |
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| 272 | 272 | | ‘‘(A) Establish bylaws for the Foundation 24 |
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| 273 | 273 | | in accordance with paragraph (7). 25 |
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| 277 | 277 | | ‘‘(B) Provide overall direction for the ac-1 |
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| 278 | 278 | | tivities of the Foundation and establish priority 2 |
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| 279 | 279 | | activities. 3 |
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| 280 | 280 | | ‘‘(C) Coordinate with the Institute the ac-4 |
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| 281 | 281 | | tivities of the Foundation to ensure consistency 5 |
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| 282 | 282 | | with the programs and policies of the Institute. 6 |
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| 283 | 283 | | ‘‘(D) Evaluate the performance of the Ex-7 |
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| 284 | 284 | | ecutive Director of the Foundation. 8 |
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| 285 | 285 | | ‘‘(E) Actively solicit and accept funds, 9 |
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| 286 | 286 | | gifts, grants, devises, or bequests of real or per-10 |
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| 287 | 287 | | sonal property to the Foundation, including 11 |
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| 288 | 288 | | from private entities. 12 |
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| 289 | 289 | | ‘‘(F) Carry out any other necessary activi-13 |
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| 290 | 290 | | ties of the Foundation. 14 |
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| 291 | 291 | | ‘‘(7) B |
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| 292 | 292 | | YLAWS.—The Board shall establish by-15 |
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| 293 | 293 | | laws for the Foundation that ensure the following: 16 |
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| 294 | 294 | | ‘‘(A) The bylaws of the Foundation include 17 |
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| 295 | 295 | | the following: 18 |
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| 296 | 296 | | ‘‘(i) Policies for the selection of the 19 |
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| 297 | 297 | | Board members, officers, employees, 20 |
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| 298 | 298 | | agents, and contractors of the Foundation. 21 |
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| 299 | 299 | | ‘‘(ii) Policies, including ethical and 22 |
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| 300 | 300 | | disclosure standards, for the following: 23 |
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| 301 | 301 | | ‘‘(I) The acceptance, solicitation, 24 |
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| 302 | 302 | | and disposition of donations and 25 |
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| 306 | 306 | | grants to the Foundation, including 1 |
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| 307 | 307 | | appropriate limits on the ability of do-2 |
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| 308 | 308 | | nors to designate, by stipulation or re-3 |
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| 309 | 309 | | striction, the use or recipient of do-4 |
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| 310 | 310 | | nated funds. 5 |
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| 311 | 311 | | ‘‘(II) The disposition of assets of 6 |
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| 312 | 312 | | the Foundation. 7 |
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| 313 | 313 | | ‘‘(iii) Policies that subject all employ-8 |
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| 314 | 314 | | ees, fellows, trainees, and other agents of 9 |
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| 315 | 315 | | the Foundation (including appointed voting 10 |
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| 316 | 316 | | members and ex officio members of the 11 |
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| 317 | 317 | | Board) to conflict of interest standards. 12 |
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| 318 | 318 | | ‘‘(iv) The specific duties of the Execu-13 |
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| 319 | 319 | | tive Director of the Foundation. 14 |
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| 320 | 320 | | ‘‘(B) The bylaws of the Foundation and 15 |
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| 321 | 321 | | activities carried out under such bylaws do 16 |
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| 322 | 322 | | not— 17 |
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| 323 | 323 | | ‘‘(i) reflect unfavorably upon the abil-18 |
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| 324 | 324 | | ity of the Foundation to carry out its re-19 |
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| 325 | 325 | | sponsibilities or official duties in a fair and 20 |
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| 326 | 326 | | objective manner; or 21 |
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| 327 | 327 | | ‘‘(ii) compromise, or appear to com-22 |
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| 328 | 328 | | promise, the integrity of any governmental 23 |
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| 329 | 329 | | agency or program or any officer or em-24 |
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| 334 | 334 | | mental agency or program. 2 |
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| 335 | 335 | | ‘‘(8) R |
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| 336 | 336 | | ESTRICTION ON MEMBERSHIP .—No em-3 |
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| 337 | 337 | | ployee of the Department of Commerce may be ap-4 |
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| 338 | 338 | | pointed as a voting member of the Board. 5 |
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| 339 | 339 | | ‘‘(9) C |
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| 340 | 340 | | OMPENSATION.— 6 |
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| 341 | 341 | | ‘‘(A) I |
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| 342 | 342 | | N GENERAL.—Members of the Board 7 |
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| 343 | 343 | | may not receive compensation for serving on 8 |
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| 344 | 344 | | the Board. 9 |
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| 345 | 345 | | ‘‘(B) C |
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| 346 | 346 | | ERTAIN EXPENSES.—In accordance 10 |
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| 347 | 347 | | with the bylaws of the Foundation, members of 11 |
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| 348 | 348 | | the Board may be reimbursed for travel ex-12 |
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| 349 | 349 | | penses, including per diem in lieu of subsist-13 |
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| 350 | 350 | | ence, and other necessary expenses incurred in 14 |
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| 351 | 351 | | carrying out the duties of the Board. 15 |
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| 352 | 352 | | ‘‘(10) L |
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| 353 | 353 | | IAISON REPRESENTATIVES .—The Sec-16 |
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| 354 | 354 | | retary, acting through the Director, shall designate 17 |
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| 355 | 355 | | representatives from across the Institute to serve as 18 |
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| 356 | 356 | | the liaisons to the Board and the Foundation. 19 |
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| 357 | 357 | | ‘‘(11) P |
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| 358 | 358 | | ERSONAL LIABILITY OF BOARD MEM -20 |
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| 359 | 359 | | BERS.—The members of the Board shall not be per-21 |
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| 360 | 360 | | sonally liable, except in the case of malfeasance. 22 |
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| 361 | 361 | | ‘‘(j) A |
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| 362 | 362 | | DMINISTRATION.— 23 |
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| 363 | 363 | | ‘‘(1) E |
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| 368 | 368 | | ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Foundation shall 1 |
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| 369 | 369 | | have an Executive Director who shall be ap-2 |
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| 370 | 370 | | pointed by the Board, and who shall serve at 3 |
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| 371 | 371 | | the pleasure of the Board, and for whom the 4 |
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| 372 | 372 | | Board shall establish the rate of compensation. 5 |
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| 373 | 373 | | Subject to the bylaws established under sub-6 |
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| 374 | 374 | | section (i)(7), the Executive Director shall be 7 |
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| 375 | 375 | | responsible for the daily operations of the 8 |
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| 376 | 376 | | Foundation in carrying out the activities of the 9 |
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| 377 | 377 | | Foundation under subsection (c). 10 |
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| 378 | 378 | | ‘‘(B) R |
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| 379 | 379 | | ESPONSIBILITIES.—In carrying out 11 |
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| 380 | 380 | | the daily operations of the Foundation, the Ex-12 |
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| 381 | 381 | | ecutive Director of the Foundation shall carry 13 |
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| 382 | 382 | | out the following: 14 |
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| 383 | 383 | | ‘‘(i) Hire, promote, compensate, and 15 |
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| 384 | 384 | | discharge officers and employees of the 16 |
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| 385 | 385 | | Foundation and define the duties of such 17 |
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| 386 | 386 | | officers and employees. 18 |
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| 387 | 387 | | ‘‘(ii) Accept and administer donations 19 |
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| 388 | 388 | | to the Foundation and administer the as-20 |
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| 389 | 389 | | sets of the Foundation. 21 |
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| 390 | 390 | | ‘‘(iii) Enter into such contracts and 22 |
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| 391 | 391 | | execute legal instruments as are appro-23 |
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| 392 | 392 | | priate in carrying out the activities of the 24 |
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| 393 | 393 | | Foundation. 25 |
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| 398 | 398 | | operate the Foundation. 2 |
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| 399 | 399 | | ‘‘(2) A |
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| 400 | 400 | | DMINISTRATIVE CONTROL .—No member 3 |
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| 401 | 401 | | of the Board, officer or employee of the Foundation 4 |
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| 402 | 402 | | or of any program established by the Foundation, or 5 |
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| 403 | 403 | | participant in a program established by the Founda-6 |
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| 404 | 404 | | tion, may exercise administrative control over any 7 |
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| 405 | 405 | | Federal employee. 8 |
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| 406 | 406 | | ‘‘(3) T |
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| 407 | 407 | | RANSFER OF FUNDS TO INSTITUTE .— 9 |
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| 408 | 408 | | The Foundation may transfer funds and property to 10 |
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| 409 | 409 | | the Institute, which the Institute may accept and 11 |
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| 410 | 410 | | use and which shall be subject to all applicable Fed-12 |
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| 411 | 411 | | eral limitations relating to federally funded research. 13 |
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| 412 | 412 | | ‘‘(4) S |
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| 413 | 413 | | TRATEGIC PLAN.—Not later than one 14 |
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| 414 | 414 | | year after the establishment of the Foundation, the 15 |
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| 415 | 415 | | Foundation shall submit to the Committee on 16 |
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| 416 | 416 | | Science, Space, and Technology of the House of 17 |
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| 417 | 417 | | Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, 18 |
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| 418 | 418 | | Science, and Transportation of the Senate a stra-19 |
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| 419 | 419 | | tegic plan that contains the following: 20 |
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| 420 | 420 | | ‘‘(A) A plan for the Foundation to become 21 |
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| 421 | 421 | | financially self-sustaining in the next 5 years. 22 |
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| 422 | 422 | | ‘‘(B) Short- and long-term objectives of the 23 |
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| 423 | 423 | | Foundation, as identified by the Board. 24 |
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| 427 | 427 | | ‘‘(C) A description of the efforts the Foun-1 |
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| 428 | 428 | | dation will take to be transparent in the proc-2 |
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| 429 | 429 | | esses of the Foundation, including processes re-3 |
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| 430 | 430 | | lating to the following: 4 |
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| 431 | 431 | | ‘‘(i) Grant awards, including selection, 5 |
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| 432 | 432 | | review, and notification. 6 |
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| 433 | 433 | | ‘‘(ii) Communication of past, current, 7 |
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| 434 | 434 | | and future research priorities. 8 |
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| 435 | 435 | | ‘‘(iii) Solicitation of and response to 9 |
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| 436 | 436 | | public input on the priorities identified by 10 |
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| 437 | 437 | | the Foundation. 11 |
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| 438 | 438 | | ‘‘(D) A description of the financial goals 12 |
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| 439 | 439 | | and benchmarks of the Foundation for the next 13 |
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| 440 | 440 | | 10 years. 14 |
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| 441 | 441 | | ‘‘(E) A description of the efforts under-15 |
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| 442 | 442 | | taken by the Foundation to ensure maximum 16 |
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| 443 | 443 | | complementarity and minimum redundancy 17 |
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| 444 | 444 | | with investments made by the Institute. 18 |
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| 445 | 445 | | ‘‘(5) R |
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| 446 | 446 | | EPORT.— 19 |
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| 447 | 447 | | ‘‘(A) I |
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| 448 | 448 | | N GENERAL.—Not later than 18 20 |
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| 449 | 449 | | months after the establishment of the Founda-21 |
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| 450 | 450 | | tion and not later than February 1 of each year 22 |
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| 451 | 451 | | thereafter, the Foundation shall publish a re-23 |
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| 452 | 452 | | port describing the activities of the Foundation 24 |
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| 453 | 453 | | during the immediately preceding fiscal year. 25 |
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| 458 | 458 | | such fiscal year a comprehensive statement of 2 |
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| 459 | 459 | | the operations, activities, financial condition, 3 |
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| 460 | 460 | | progress, and accomplishments of the Founda-4 |
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| 461 | 461 | | tion. 5 |
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| 462 | 462 | | ‘‘(B) F |
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| 463 | 463 | | INANCIAL CONDITION .—With re-6 |
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| 464 | 464 | | spect to the financial condition of the Founda-7 |
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| 465 | 465 | | tion, each report under subparagraph (A) shall 8 |
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| 466 | 466 | | include the source, and a description of, all sup-9 |
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| 467 | 467 | | port under subsection (g) provided to the Foun-10 |
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| 468 | 468 | | dation. Each such report shall identify the per-11 |
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| 469 | 469 | | sons or entities from which such support is re-12 |
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| 470 | 470 | | ceived and include a specification of any restric-13 |
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| 471 | 471 | | tions on the purposes for which such support 14 |
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| 472 | 472 | | may be used. 15 |
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| 473 | 473 | | ‘‘(C) P |
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| 474 | 474 | | UBLICATION.—The Foundation 16 |
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| 475 | 475 | | shall make copies of each report submitted 17 |
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| 476 | 476 | | under subparagraph (A) available— 18 |
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| 477 | 477 | | ‘‘(i) for public inspection and shall, 19 |
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| 478 | 478 | | upon request, provide a copy of the report 20 |
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| 479 | 479 | | to any individual for a charge not to ex-21 |
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| 480 | 480 | | ceed the cost of providing such copy; and 22 |
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| 481 | 481 | | ‘‘(ii) to the Committee on Science, 23 |
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| 482 | 482 | | Space, and Technology of the House of 24 |
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| 483 | 483 | | Representatives and the Committee on 25 |
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| 488 | 488 | | the Senate. 2 |
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| 489 | 489 | | ‘‘(6) A |
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| 490 | 490 | | UDITS AND DISCLOSURE .—The Founda-3 |
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| 491 | 491 | | tion shall— 4 |
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| 492 | 492 | | ‘‘(A) provide for annual audits of the fi-5 |
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| 493 | 493 | | nancial condition of the Foundation, including a 6 |
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| 494 | 494 | | full list of the Foundation’s donors and any re-7 |
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| 495 | 495 | | strictions on the purposes for which gifts to the 8 |
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| 496 | 496 | | Foundation may be used; and 9 |
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| 497 | 497 | | ‘‘(B) make such audits, and all other 10 |
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| 498 | 498 | | records, documents, and other papers of the 11 |
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| 499 | 499 | | Foundation, available to the Secretary and the 12 |
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| 500 | 500 | | Comptroller General of the United States for 13 |
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| 501 | 501 | | examination or audit. 14 |
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| 502 | 502 | | ‘‘(7) E |
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| 503 | 503 | | VALUATION BY COMPTROLLER GEN -15 |
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| 504 | 504 | | ERAL.—Not later than 5 years after the date on 16 |
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| 505 | 505 | | which the Foundation is established, the Comptroller 17 |
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| 506 | 506 | | General of the United States shall submit to the 18 |
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| 507 | 507 | | Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the 19 |
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| 508 | 508 | | House of Representatives and the Committee on 20 |
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| 509 | 509 | | Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Sen-21 |
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| 510 | 510 | | ate the following: 22 |
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| 511 | 511 | | ‘‘(A) An evaluation of the following: 23 |
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| 516 | 516 | | tion is achieving the mission of the Foun-2 |
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| 517 | 517 | | dation. 3 |
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| 518 | 518 | | ‘‘(ii) The operation of the Foundation. 4 |
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| 519 | 519 | | ‘‘(B) Any recommendations on how the 5 |
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| 520 | 520 | | Foundation may be improved. 6 |
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| 521 | 521 | | ‘‘(k) I |
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| 522 | 522 | | NTEGRITY.— 7 |
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| 523 | 523 | | ‘‘(1) I |
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| 524 | 524 | | N GENERAL.—To ensure integrity in the 8 |
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| 525 | 525 | | operations of the Foundation, the Board shall de-9 |
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| 526 | 526 | | velop and enforce procedures relating to standards 10 |
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| 527 | 527 | | of conduct, financial disclosure statements, conflicts 11 |
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| 528 | 528 | | of interest (including recusal and waiver rules), au-12 |
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| 529 | 529 | | dits, and any other matters determined appropriate 13 |
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| 530 | 530 | | by the Board. 14 |
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| 531 | 531 | | ‘‘(2) F |
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| 532 | 532 | | INANCIAL CONFLICTS OF INTEREST .—To 15 |
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| 533 | 533 | | mitigate conflicts of interest and risks from malign 16 |
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| 534 | 534 | | foreign influence, any individual who is an officer, 17 |
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| 535 | 535 | | employee, or member of the Board is prohibited 18 |
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| 536 | 536 | | from any participation in deliberations by the Foun-19 |
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| 537 | 537 | | dation of a matter that would directly or predictably 20 |
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| 538 | 538 | | affect any financial interest of any of the following: 21 |
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| 539 | 539 | | ‘‘(A) Such individual. 22 |
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| 540 | 540 | | ‘‘(B) A relative of such individual. 23 |
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| 541 | 541 | | ‘‘(C) A business organization or other enti-24 |
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| 542 | 542 | | ty in which such individual or relative of such 25 |
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| 547 | 547 | | zation or other entity with which such indi-2 |
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| 548 | 548 | | vidual is negotiating employment. 3 |
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| 549 | 549 | | ‘‘(l) I |
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| 550 | 550 | | NTELLECTUAL PROPERTY.—The Board shall 4 |
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| 551 | 551 | | adopt written standards to govern the ownership and li-5 |
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| 552 | 552 | | censing of any intellectual property rights developed by the 6 |
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| 553 | 553 | | Foundation or derived from the collaborative efforts of the 7 |
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| 554 | 554 | | Foundation. 8 |
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| 555 | 555 | | ‘‘(m) F |
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| 556 | 556 | | ULLFAITH ANDCREDIT.—The United States 9 |
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| 557 | 557 | | shall not be liable for any debts, defaults, acts, or omis-10 |
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| 558 | 558 | | sions of the Foundation. The full faith and credit of the 11 |
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| 559 | 559 | | United States shall not extend to any obligations of the 12 |
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| 560 | 560 | | Foundation. 13 |
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| 561 | 561 | | ‘‘(n) S |
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| 562 | 562 | | UPPORTSERVICES.—The Secretary, acting 14 |
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| 563 | 563 | | through the Director, may provide facilities, utilities, and 15 |
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| 564 | 564 | | support services to the Foundation if it is determined by 16 |
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| 565 | 565 | | the Director to be advantageous to the mission of the In-17 |
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| 566 | 566 | | stitute. 18 |
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| 567 | 567 | | ‘‘(o) N |
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| 568 | 568 | | ONAPPLICABILITY.—Chapter 10 of title 5, 19 |
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| 569 | 569 | | United States Code, shall not apply to the Foundation. 20 |
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| 570 | 570 | | ‘‘(p) S |
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| 571 | 571 | | EPARATEFUNDACCOUNTS.—The Board shall 21 |
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| 572 | 572 | | ensure that amounts received pursuant to the authoriza-22 |
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| 573 | 573 | | tion of appropriations under subsection (q) are held in a 23 |
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| 574 | 574 | | separate account from any other amounts received by the 24 |
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| 575 | 575 | | Foundation. 25 |
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| 580 | 580 | | withstanding any other provision of law, from amounts au-2 |
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| 581 | 581 | | thorized to be appropriated for a fiscal year beginning 3 |
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| 582 | 582 | | with fiscal year 2026 to the Secretary of Commerce pursu-4 |
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| 583 | 583 | | ant to section 10211, the Director may transfer not less 5 |
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| 584 | 584 | | than $500,000 and not more than $1,250,000 to the 6 |
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| 585 | 585 | | Foundation each such fiscal year. 7 |
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| 586 | 586 | | ‘‘(r) D |
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| 587 | 587 | | EFINITIONS.—In this section: 8 |
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| 588 | 588 | | ‘‘(1) I |
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| 589 | 589 | | NSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION .— 9 |
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| 590 | 590 | | The term ‘institution of higher education’ has the 10 |
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| 591 | 591 | | meaning given such term in section 101 of the High-11 |
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| 592 | 592 | | er Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001). 12 |
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| 593 | 593 | | ‘‘(2) NIST |
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| 594 | 594 | | ASSOCIATE.—The term ‘NIST asso-13 |
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| 595 | 595 | | ciate’ means any guest researcher, facility user, vol-14 |
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| 596 | 596 | | unteer, or other nonemployee of the Institute who 15 |
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| 597 | 597 | | conducts research or otherwise engages in an au-16 |
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| 598 | 598 | | thorized activity with personnel of the Institute or at 17 |
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| 599 | 599 | | a facility of the Institute. 18 |
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| 600 | 600 | | ‘‘(3) R |
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| 601 | 601 | | ELATIVE.—The term ‘relative’ has the 19 |
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| 602 | 602 | | meaning given such term in section 13101 of title 5, 20 |
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| 603 | 603 | | United States Code. 21 |
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| 604 | 604 | | ‘‘(4) T |
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| 605 | 605 | | ECHNICAL STANDARD .—The term ‘tech-22 |
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| 606 | 606 | | nical standard’ has the meaning given such term in 23 |
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| 607 | 607 | | section 12(d)(5) of the National Technology Trans-24 |
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| 611 | 611 | | fer and Advancement Act of 1995 (15 U.S.C. 272 1 |
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| 612 | 612 | | note).’’. 2 |
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| 613 | 613 | | (b) C |
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| 614 | 614 | | LERICALAMENDMENT.—The table of contents 3 |
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| 615 | 615 | | in sections 1 and 10000 of Public Law 117–167 (136 4 |
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| 616 | 616 | | Stat. 1366) are amended by inserting after the item relat-5 |
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| 617 | 617 | | ing to section 10235 the following: 6 |
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