Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents

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This Act may be cited as the or America COMPETES Reauthorization Act of 2014 . America Creating Opportunities to Meaningfully Promote Excellence in Technology, Education, and Science Reauthorization Act of 2014 The table of contents of this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. Sec. 2. Definitions. TITLE I—Office of Science and Technology Policy Sec. 101. Federal research and development funding. Sec. 102. Federal 5-year STEM education strategic plan. Sec. 103.

Administrative burdens in federally sponsored research. Sec. 104. Prize competitions. Sec. 105. Repeal of Space Act limitation on prize competitions. Sec. 106. Coordinated Federal science agency policy for family caregivers. Sec. 107. Scientific and technical conferences. TITLE II—National Aeronautics and Space Administration Sec. 201. Definitions. Sec. 202. NASA education programs. Sec. 203. Experimental program to stimulate competitive research. Sec. 204. Foundational engineering.

TITLE III—National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Sec. 301. NOAA education programs. TITLE IV—National Institute of Standards and Technology Sec. 401. Authorization of appropriations. Sec. 402. Manufacturing extension partnership. Sec. 403. Education and outreach. Sec. 404. National Institute of Standards and Technology Foundation. Sec. 405. Implementation activities. Sec. 406. Standards and conformity assessment. Sec. 407. Visiting committee on advanced technology. Sec. 408.

Grants and cooperative agreements. Sec. 409. Consumer Product Safety Commission. TITLE V—Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Support Programs Subtitle A—National Science Foundation Sec. 501. Definitions. Sec. 502. Authorization of appropriations. Sec. 503. Sense of Congress on National Science Foundation basic research investments. Sec. 504. National Science Foundation merit review. Sec. 505. National Science Foundation STEM education program contribution and research dissemination.

Sec. 506. STEM teacher training. Sec. 507. Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program. Sec. 508. Early undergraduate research opportunities. Sec. 509. Informal STEM education. Sec. 510. Broadening participation. Sec. 511. Prizes and challenges for broadening participation. Sec. 512. Commercialization grants. Sec. 513. National Science Foundation Innovation Corps. Sec. 514. Graduate traineeship grant program. Sec. 515. The experimental program to stimulate competitive research. Sec. 516.

Assessing national K–12 science and engineering proficiency. Sec. 517. Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship program. Sec. 518. STEM education partnerships. Subtitle B—STEM secondary schools Sec. 521. Report on STEM secondary schools. Sec. 522. Funding for STEM secondary schools. TITLE VI—Innovation Subtitle A—Innovation ecosystems Sec. 611. Regional innovation program. Sec. 612. Workforce studies. Sec. 613. National strategic plan for advanced manufacturing.

Sec. 614. Sense of Congress; optics and photonics innovations. Subtitle B—National nanotechnology initiative Sec. 621. Short title. Sec. 622. Findings. Sec. 623. Enhancement of management of National Nanotechnology Initiative. Sec. 624. Quadrennial reports by National Nanotechnology Advisory Panel. Sec. 625. Quadrennial external review of National Nanotechnology Initiative. Sec. 626. Nanotechnology transfer, commercialization, and roadmaps. Sec. 627. Publication of data concerning nanotechnology.

Sec. 628. National Science Foundation evaluation of investments of National Nanotechnology Initiative in education and workforce training. Sec. 629. Sharing of best practices of centers, networks, and user facilities. Sec. 630. Sense of Congress regarding environment, health, and safety matters concerning nanotechnology.