Sec. 10535. Responsible Conduct Guide
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Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Director shall enter into an agreement with the National Academies to update the report entitled On Being a Scientist: A Guide to Responsible Conduct in Research issued by the National Academies. The report, as so updated, shall include— updated professional standards of conduct in research; promising practices for preventing, addressing, and mitigating the negative impact of sex-based and sexual harassment, to include— standards of treatment individuals can expect to receive under updated standards of conduct; evidence-based practices for fostering a climate intolerant of sex-based, sexual, and other forms of harassment; methods, including bystander intervention, for identifying and addressing incidents of such harassment; and professional standards for mentorship and teaching with an emphasis on power diffusion mechanisms and preventing such harassment; and promising practices for mitigating potential security risks that threaten research security.
Not later than 18 months after the effective date of the agreement under subsection (a), the National Academies, as part of such agreement, shall submit to the Director and the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate the report referred to in such subparagraph, as updated pursuant to such subparagraph.