Title 42 — The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-73not60

§18994 Stem Workforce Data

Title 42 › Chapter 163— RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT, COMPETITION, AND INNOVATION › Subchapter III— NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION FOR THE FUTURE › Part B— STEM Education › § 18994

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

Carry out a full review of the Foundation’s skilled technical workforce investments across all Directorates in education, research, infrastructure, data collection, and analysis within 1 year after August 9, 2022. Then, within 180 days after that review is finished, send a summary of the review to Congress and share it with the public. Work with other federal statistical agencies and stakeholders to study whether adding rotating questions or topic modules to National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics (NCSES) surveys would help. Within 1 year after August 9, 2022, send the study results to Congress and the Board. The study should consider questions on the skilled technical workforce, working conditions and work-life balance, harassment and discrimination, immigration and emigration, and other topics the Director chooses. Keep speeding up efforts to make NCSES survey data more useful for long-term research. Also, within 1 year after August 9, 2022, the Comptroller General must report to Congress on how well the Foundation ensures NCSES data and analysis meet current and future needs and offer recommendations.

Full Legal Text

Title 42, §18994

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(a)(1)Not later than 1 year after August 9, 2022, the Director shall conduct a full portfolio analysis of the Foundation’s skilled technical workforce investments across all Directorates in the areas of education, research, infrastructure, data collection, and analysis.

(2)Not later than 180 days after the date of the review under paragraph (1) is complete, the Director shall submit to Congress and make widely available to the public a summary report of the portfolio review.

(b)(1)To meet evolving needs for data on the state of the science and engineering workforce, the Director shall assess, through coordination with other Federal statistical agencies and drawing on input from relevant stakeholders, the feasibility and benefits of incorporating questions or topic modules to existing National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics surveys that would vary from cycle to cycle.

(2)Not later than 1 year after August 9, 2022, the Director shall submit to Congress and the Board the results of an assessment, carried out in coordination with other Federal agencies and with input from relevant stakeholders, of the feasibility and benefits of incorporating new questions or topic modules to existing National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics surveys on—

(A)the skilled technical workforce;

(B)working conditions and work-life balance;

(C)harassment and discrimination;

(D)immigration and emigration; and

(E)any other topics at the discretion of the Director.

(3)The Director shall continue and accelerate efforts to enhance the usefulness of National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics survey data for longitudinal research and analysis.

(4)Not later than 1 year after August 9, 2022, the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit a report to Congress that—

(A)evaluates Foundation processes for ensuring the data and analysis produced by the National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics meets current and future needs; and

(B)includes such recommendations as the Comptroller General determines are appropriate to improve such processes.

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42 U.S.C. § 18994

Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare

Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60