Sec. 7032. NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES REPORT ON DIVERSITY IN SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, AND MATHEMATICS FIELDS

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## SEC. 7032 NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES REPORT ON DIVERSITY IN SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, AND MATHEMATICS FIELDS ###

(a)In general The Director shall enter into an arrangement with the National Academy of Sciences for a report, to be transmitted to the Congress not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, about barriers to increasing the number of underrepresented minorities in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics fields and to identify strategies for bringing more underrepresented minorities into the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics workforce. ###

(b)Specific requirements The Director shall ensure that the report described in subsection

(a)addresses— ####

(1)social and institutional factors that shape the decisions of minority students to commit to education and careers in the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics fields; ####

(2)specific barriers preventing greater minority student participation in the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics fields; ####

(3)primary focus points for policy intervention to increase the recruitment and retention of underrepresented minorities in the future workforce of the United States; ####

(4)programs already underway to increase diversity in the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics fields, and their level of effectiveness; ####

(5)factors that make such programs effective, and how to expand and improve upon existing programs; ####

(6)the role of minority-serving institutions in the diversification of the workforce of the United States in these fields and how that role can be supported and strengthened; and ####

(7)how the public and private sectors can better assist minority students in their efforts to join the workforce of the United States in these fields.