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PUBLIC LAW 110–69—AUG. 9, 2007 (D) networking protocols and architectures, including resilience to outages or attacks; (E) trusted software; (F) privacy; (G) nanoelectronics for communications applications; (H) low-power communications electronics; (I) implementation of equitable access to national advanced fiber optic research and educational networks in noncontiguous States; and (J) such other related areas as the Director finds appropriate. (2) CENTERS.—The Director shall award multiyear grants, subject to the availability of appropriations and on a meritreviewed competitive basis, to institutions of higher education, nonprofit research institutions affiliated with institutions of higher education, or consortia of either type of institution to establish multidisciplinary Centers for Communications Research. The purpose of the Centers shall be to generate innovative approaches to problems in information and communications technology research, including the research areas described in paragraph (1). Institutions of higher education, nonprofit research institutions affiliated with institutions of higher education, or consortia receiving such grants may partner with 1 or more government laboratories, for-profit entities, or other institutions of higher education or nonprofit research institutions. (3) FUNDING ALLOCATION.—The Director shall increase funding for the basic research activities described in paragraph (1), which shall include support for the Centers described in paragraph (2), in proportion to the increase in the total amount appropriated to the Foundation for research and related activities for the fiscal years 2008 through 2010. (4) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—The Director shall transmit to Congress, as part of the President’s annual budget submission under section 1105 of title 31, United States Code, a report on the amounts allocated for support of research under this subsection for the fiscal year during which such report is submitted and the levels proposed for the fiscal year with respect to which the budget submission applies.

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SEC. 7025. SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, AND MATHEMATICS TALENT EXPANSION PROGRAM.

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(a) AMENDMENTS.—Section 8(7) of the National Science Foundation Authorization Act of 2002 is amended— (1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘competitive, meritbased’’ and all that follows through ‘‘in recent years.’’ and inserting ‘‘competitive, merit-based multiyear grants for eligible applicants to improve undergraduate education in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics through— ‘‘(i) the creation of programs to increase the number of students studying toward and completing associate’s or bachelor’s degrees in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, particularly in fields that have faced declining enrollment in recent years; and ‘‘(ii) the creation of not more than 5 centers (in this paragraph referred to as ‘Centers’) to increase the number of students completing undergraduate courses in science,

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