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U.S. GOVERNMENT
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115TH CONGRESS REPORT
1st Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 115-471
STEM RESEARCH AND EDUCATION EFFECTIVENESS AND
TRANSPARENCY ACT
DECEMBER 18, 2017.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State
of the Union and ordered to be printed
Mr. SMITH of Texas, from the Committee on Science, Space, and
Technology, submitted the following
REPORT
[To accompany H.R. 4375]
The Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, to whom was
referred the bill (H.R. 4375) to provide for a study on broadening
participation in certain National Science Foundation research and
education programs, to collect data on Federal research grants to
science agencies, and for other purposes, having considered the
same, report favorably thereon without amendment and rec-
ommend that the bill do pass.
CONTENTS
Page
Com mittee Statem ent and Views ........................................................................... 1
Section-by-Section .................................................................................................... 4
Explanation of Am endm ents ................................................................................... 4
Com m ittee Consideration ....................................................................................... 4
Application of Law to the Legislative Branch ...................................................... 4
Statement of Oversight Findings and Recommendations of the Committee ...... 5
Statement of General Performance Goals and Objectives .................................... 5
Duplication of Federal Program s ........................................................................... 5
Disclosure of Directed Rule M akings .................................................................... 5
Federal Advisory Com m ittee Act ........................................................................... 5
Unfunded M andate Statem ent ............................................................................... 5
Earm ark Identification ............................................................................................ 5
Com m ittee E stim ate ............................................................................................... 5
Budget Authority and Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimate .................... 6
COMMITTEE STATEMENT AND VIEWS
PURPOSE AND SUMMARY
H.R. 4375, the STEM Research and Education Effectiveness and
Transparency Act, is sponsored by Rep. Barbara Comstock and
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