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Code · STATUTE-COMPILATIONS · National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014 · Sec. 1105

Sec. 1105. REVISION TO AMOUNT OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE UNDER DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE SCIENCE, MATHEMATICS, AND RESEARCH FOR TRANSFORMATION (SMART) DEFENSE EDUCATION PROGRAM AND ASSESSMENT OF STEM AND OTHER PROGRAMS

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## SEC. 1105 REVISION TO AMOUNT OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE UNDER DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE SCIENCE, MATHEMATICS, AND RESEARCH FOR TRANSFORMATION (SMART) DEFENSE EDUCATION PROGRAM AND ASSESSMENT OF STEM AND OTHER PROGRAMS ###
(a)Revision to Financial Assistance for SMART Program ####
(1)Revision Paragraph
(2)of section 2192a(b) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking “the amount determined” and all that follows through “room and board” and inserting “an amount determined by the Secretary of Defense”. ####
(2)Briefing required The Secretary of Defense shall provide to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives, within 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, a briefing that assesses the impacts of the rising costs of higher education tuition on the number of students that the Department of Defense can accept into the Science, Mathematics, and Research for Transformation (SMART) Defense Education Program under section 2192a of title 10, United States Code. ###
(b)Assessment of Elementary and Secondary Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Programs of the Department of Defense ####
(1)Assessment required #####
(A)The Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report setting forth an assessment of each program as follows: ######
(i)The Army Educational Outreach Program (AEOP). ######
(ii)The STEM2Stern program of the Navy. ######
(iii)The DoD STARBASE program carried out by the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness. ######
(iv)Prekindergarten through 12th grade activities of the National Defense Education Program. #####
(B)The Secretary of Defense shall conduct assessments under this paragraph in consultation with the Secretary of Education and the heads of other appropriate Federal agencies. ####
(2)Elements The assessment of a program under paragraph
(1)shall include the following: #####
(A)An assessment of the current status of the program. #####
(B)A determination to retain, terminate, or transfer the program to another agency, together with a justification for the determination. #####
(C)For a program determined under subparagraph
(B)to be terminated, a justification why the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education requirements of the program are no longer required. #####
(D)For a program determined under subparagraph
(B)to be transferred to the jurisdiction of another agency— ######
(i)the name of such agency; ######
(ii)the funding anticipated to be provided the program by such agency during the five-year period beginning on the date of transfer; and ######
(iii)mechanisms to ensure that education under the program will continue to meet the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education requirements of the Department of Defense, including requirements for the dependents covered by the program. #####
(E)Metrics to assess whether a program under subparagraph
(C)or
(D)is meeting the requirements applicable to such program under such subparagraph. ####
(3)Limitation on certain actions on programs pending submittal of assessment A program specified in paragraph (1)(A) may not be terminated or transferred to the jurisdiction of another agency until 30 days after the date on which the report required by that paragraph is submitted to the congressional defense committees. ###
(c)Assessment of the National Security Science and Engineering Faculty Fellowship The Secretary of Defense shall provide to the congressional defense committees, within 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, a briefing that assesses the National Security Science and Engineering Faculty Fellowship (in this subsection referred to as the “Fellowship”). The briefing shall include an assessment of the following: ####
(1)The return on investment and qualitative impact of the research funded by Fellowship awardees. ####
(2)Distribution of researcher awards from the past three years, including identification of researchers (if any) that have not done research with the Department of Defense in the past five years. ####
(3)The number of new and continuing students supported by Fellowship funding, as well as the number of those students that later receive employment by the Department of Defense, Department of Defense contractors, or other academic institutions supported by Department of Defense grants. ####
(4)A description of Fellowship awards and the use of the award funds. ####
(5)Recommendations for improving the effectiveness or efficiency of the Fellowship.
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