S.Amdt. 2128

1. Adds SEC. 573. ASSESSMENT OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, AND MATHEMATICS PROGRAMS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE at the end of subtitle F of title V

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   Of the amount authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2014 pursuant to section 301 and available for operation and maintenance for Defense-wide activities as specified in the funding table in section 4301, $5,000,000 shall be available for payments under section 363 of the Floyd D. Spence National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2001 (as enacted into law by Public Law 106-398; 114 Stat. 1654A-77; 20 U.S.C. 7703a).

   Inserted: SEC. 573. ASSESSMENT OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, AND MATHEMATICS PROGRAMS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.

   Inserted: (a) Assessment Required.--

   Inserted: (1) In general.--The Secretary of Defense shall conduct an assessment of each program as follows:

   Inserted: (A) The Army Educational Outreach Program (AEOP).

   Inserted: (B) The STEM2Stern program of the Navy.

   Inserted: (C) The DoD STARBASE program carried out by the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness.

   Inserted: (2) Consultation.--The Secretary of Defense shall conduct assessments under this subsection in consultation with the Secretary of Education and the heads of other appropriate Federal agencies.

   Inserted: (b) Elements.--The assessment of a program under subsection (a) shall include the following:

   Inserted: (1) An assessment of the current status of the program.

   Inserted: (2) A determination as to the advisability of retaining, terminating, or transferring the program to another agency, together with a justification for the determination.

   Inserted: (3) For a program determined under paragraph (2) to be terminated, a justification why the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education requirements of the program are no longer required.

   Inserted: (4) For a program determined under paragraph (2) to be transferred to the jurisdiction of another agency--

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   Inserted: (A) the name of such agency;

   Inserted: (B) the funding anticipated to be provided the program by such agency during the five-year period beginning on the date of transfer; and

   Inserted: (C) 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.

   Inserted: (5) Metrics to assess whether a program under paragraph (3) or (4) is meeting the requirements applicable to such program under such paragraph.

   Inserted: (c) Limitation on Certain Actions on Programs Pending Assessment.--A program specified in paragraph (1) of subsection (a) may not be terminated or transferred to the jurisdiction of another agency until the completion of the assessment required by that subsection.

   Inserted: (d) Funding.--

   Inserted: (1) Transfer of certain funds to pk-12 stem programs.--Of the amount authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2014 by section 201 and available for Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation, Defense-wide for the National Defense Education Program (NDEP) for the National Security Science and Engineering Faculty Fellowship (NSSEFF) as specified in the funding table in section 4201, $10,000,000 shall be available for pre-kindergarten, elementary, and secondary science, technology, engineering, and mathematics programs of the Department of Defense.

   Inserted: (2) Transfer of funds back to nsseff on completion of assessment.--Upon certifying to the congressional defense committees that the assessment required by subsection (a) is complete, the Secretary may transfer to the National Security Science and Engineering Faculty Fellowship such amount from the amount transferred by paragraph (1) as the Secretary considers appropriate.

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   At the end of subtitle F of title V, add the following:

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