National Technical, Engineering, and Scientific Manpower and Education Act of 1982

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National Technical, Engineering, and Scientific Manpower and Education Act of 1982 - Requires the President to coordinate the activities of all executive agencies in implementing a national policy to maintain a competent employment force of technical, engineering, and scientific personnel and an adequate supply of educators in science and mathematics. Directs each executive agency, in cooperation with State and local governments and private organizations, to establish technical, engineering, and scientific training and education programs and activities which shall be reviewed by the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy and coordinated by the National Coordinating Council on Technical, Engineering, and Scientific Manpower and Education. Establishes in the National Science Foundation a National Coordinating Council on Technical, Engineering, and Scientific Manpower and Education which shall: (1) monitor and assess the need for trained technical, engineering, and scientific personnel, including educators, for industry, academia, the military, and the Government; (2) coordinate Federal efforts in technical, engineering, and scientific manpower and education with State, municipal, and private sector efforts; (3) cooperate with executive agencies in reviewing all Federal programs in technical, engineering, and scientific manpower and education; (4) encourage high quality scientific and mathematical education and promote careers in such areas; (5) encourage access into the technical, engineering, and scientific fields for minorities and women; (6) help with long range technical manpower assessments and policy recommendations; and (7) prepare annually a national technical manpower and education plan which the Council shall use in carrying out its responsibilities. Requires the Council to report directly to the National Science Board. Establishes a Technical, Engineering, and Scientific Manpower and Education Fund which shall be available: (1) in the first year after enactment of this Act to pay for the preparation of the first national technical manpower and education plan; and (2) after the first year to pay the Federal share of research, fellowships, grants, capital equipment, salaries, instrumentation, and other activities necessary to carry out this Act. Limits the Federal share of any financial assistance under this Act to 50 percent. Provides for administration of the fund by the Council. Requires the Council's review and and approval of any obligation or expenditure of fund money that exceeds $500,000 to an institution or $200,000 to an individual. Terminates the fund five years after enactment of this Act. Requires the Council to transmit annually to Congress a report which shall include: (1) the funds obligated and expended from the fund; (2) all of the Council's activities in carrying out this Act; (3) the state of the Nation's engineering, technical, and scientific manpower and education resources; (4) legislative recommendations for incentives to develop technical, engineering, and scientific personnel; and (5) the national technical manpower and education plan required by this Act. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1983 and thereafter to carry out this Act. Authorizes appropriations to the fund for FY 1983 through 1987.

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  summary · EN · 22 April 1982

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