§19119 — Title 42 The Public Health and Welfare | U.S. Code

§19119 Reports and roadmaps

Title 42 › Chapter CHAPTER 163— - RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT, COMPETITION, AND INNOVATION › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER III— - NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION FOR THE FUTURE › Part Part G— - Directorate for Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships › § 19119

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Director must give the congressional authorizing and appropriations committees a yearly report about the projects the Directorate funded the year before. Within 1 year after August 9, 2022, the Director must also give those committees a three-year roadmap that explains how the Directorate will make investment decisions. Within 1 year after August 9, 2022, and every 3 years after that, the Director, with other federal agency leaders, must send Congress a five-year strategic vision. That vision must say how the Foundation will increase research and education funding for populations underrepresented in STEM and for geographic areas, and must describe planned actions to secure federally funded science and technology under section 1746 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (Public Law 116–92; 42 U.S.C. 6601 note), section 6605 of this title, part D of this subchapter, and subtitle E of title VI. Finally, within 24 months after the Directorate is established, the Director must report to Congress on using alternative methods to select award recipients and distribute funding compared to traditional peer review.

Title 42, §19119

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(a)The Director shall provide to the relevant authorizing and appropriations committees of Congress an annual report describing projects supported by the Directorate during the previous year.

(b)Not later than 1 year after August 9, 2022, the Director shall provide to the relevant authorizing and appropriations committees of Congress a roadmap describing the strategic vision that the Directorate will use to guide investment decisions over the following 3 years.

(c)Not later than 1 year after August 9, 2022, and every 3 years thereafter, the Director, in consultation with the heads of relevant Federal agencies, shall prepare and submit to Congress—

(1)a strategic vision for the next 5 years for the Directorate, including a description of how the Foundation will increase funding for research and education for populations underrepresented in STEM and geographic areas; and

(2)a description of the planned activities of the Directorate to secure federally funded science and technology pursuant to section 1746 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (Public Law 116–92; 42 U.S.C. 6601 note) and section 6605 of this title and the requirements under part D of this subchapter and subtitle E of title VI.

(d)Not later than 24 months after the establishment of the Directorate, the Director shall prepare and submit a report to Congress regarding the use of alternative methods for the selection of award recipients and the distribution of funding to recipients, as compared to the traditional peer review process.

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References in Text

Subtitle E of title VI, referred to in subsec. (c)(2), is subtitle E (§§ 10641–10649) of title VI of div. B of Pub. L. 117–167, Aug. 9, 2022, 136 Stat. 1672, known as the Coastal and Ocean Acidification Research and Innovation Act of 2021. For complete classification of subtitle E to the Code, see

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of 2022 Amendment note set out under section 3701 of Title 33, Navigation and Navigable Waters, and Tables.