Sec. 4. RESEARCH ON EFFICIENCY OF SKILLED TECHNICAL LABOR MARKETS
262 words·~1 min read·
/statute-compilations/comps-15334/sec-4A research copy — for the controlling text, always check the official state or federal source. Not legal advice.
## SEC. 4 RESEARCH ON EFFICIENCY OF SKILLED TECHNICAL LABOR MARKETS **[**[42 U.S.C. 1862p note](/us/usc/t42/s1862p)**]** ###
(a)Efficiency of Skilled Technical Labor Markets The Director of the National Science Foundation, working through the Directorate of Social, Behavioral & Economic Sciences, in coordination with the Secretary of Labor, shall support research on labor market analysis innovations, data and information sciences, electronic information tools and methodologies, and metrics. ###
(b)Skilled Technical Workforce ####
(1)Review The National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics of the National Science Foundation shall consult and coordinate with other relevant Federal statistical agencies, including the Institute of Education Sciences of the Department of Education, and the Committee on Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Education of the National Science and Technology Council established under section 101 of the America COMPETES Act of 2010 (Public Law 111-358), to explore the feasibility of expanding its surveys to include the collection of objective data on the skilled technical workforce. ####
(2)Report Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Director of the National Science Foundation shall submit to Congress a report on the progress made in expanding the National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics surveys to include the skilled technical workforce, including a plan for multi-agency collaboration to improve data collection and reporting of data on the skilled technical workforce. ####
(3)Definition of skilled technical workforce The term “skilled technical workforce” means workers with high school diplomas and two-year technical training or certifications who employ significant levels of STEM knowledge in their jobs.
Connectionstraces to 1
Traces to 1 document
1 reference not yet in our index
- Pub. L. 111-358
Citation graph
cites case law
Cites 2Cited by 0 across 0 sources