Sec. 8. NIST engagement with rural communities
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Section 25 of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Act ( 15 U.S.C. 278k ) is amended— in subsection (c)— in paragraph (6), by striking community colleges and area career and technical education schools and inserting the following: secondary schools (as defined in section 8101 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 ( ; and 20 U.S.C. 7801 )), community colleges, and area career and technical education schools, including those in underserved and rural communities, in paragraph (7)— by striking and local colleges and inserting the following: local high schools and local colleges, including those in underserved and rural communities, ; and by inserting or other applied learning opportunities after apprenticeships ; and in subsection (d)(3) by striking , community colleges, and area career and technical education schools, and inserting the following: and local high schools, community colleges, and area career and technical education schools, including those in underserved and rural communities, .
Pursuant to section 24 of the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 ( 15 U.S.C. 3719 ), the Secretary of Commerce, acting through the Under Secretary of Commerce for Standards and Technology (referred to in this subsection as the Secretary ), shall carry out a program to award prizes competitively to stimulate research and development of creative technologies in order to deploy affordable and reliable broadband connectivity to underserved rural communities. Each proposal submitted pursuant to paragraph
(1)shall include a plan for deployment of the technology that is the subject of such proposal in an underserved rural community. In carrying out the program under paragraph (1), the Secretary may award not more than a total of $5,000,000 to one or more winners of the prize competition. Not later than 60 days after the date on which a prize is awarded under the prize competition, the Secretary shall submit to the relevant committees of Congress a report that describes the winning proposal of the prize competition. In carrying out the program under subsection (a), the Secretary may consult with the heads of relevant departments and agencies of the Federal Government.
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