REPORT ON A STRATEGY TO STIMULATE COMPETITIVE RESEARCH.

SEC. 509. REPORT ON A STRATEGY TO STIMULATE COMPETITIVE RESEARCH. (a) In General.—No later than 120 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy shall submit to Congress a report presenting a proposed strategy for improving the university research capabilities of those States which historically have received relatively little Federal research and development funding. The report shall particularly— (1) analyze recent steps to use the National Science Foundation’s Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research as a model for similar programs in several other Federal departments and agencies which fund research and development; and (2) examine the feasibility and advisability of using that Program as a model for Federal research and development agencies which do not currently have similar programs. 106 STAT. 30 (b) Analysis and Discussion.—The report shall include an analysis and discussion of— (1) the geographic distribution of Federal research and development grants and contracts; (2) current Federal efforts to stimulate competitive research; and (3) the feasibility and advisability of new Federal programs to stimulate competitive research.