§6626. Working group on inclusion in STEM fields — Inbound Citations

Citations to 42 U.S.C. § 6626 as a whole

• 42 U.S.C. § 18901(14)

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  (14) The term “interagency working group on inclusion in STEM” means the interagency working group established by section 6626 of this title.
• 42 U.S.C. § 19195(a)

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  (a) The Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy, acting through the National Science and Technology Council, shall establish or designate an interagency working group for the purpose of coordinating Federal research agency efforts to reduce the prevalence of sex-based and sexual harassment involving award personnel. In coordination with the working group on inclusion in STEM fields established under section 6626 of this title and the Safe Inclusive Research Environments Subcommittee of the National Science and Technology Council, and in consultation with representatives from each Federal research agency, the Office for Civil Rights at the Department of Health and Human Services, the Office for Civil Rights at the Department of Education, and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the working group shall—

  (1) not later than 90 days after August 9, 2022, submit to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, the Committee on Education and Labor, and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation and the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate an inventory of Federal research agency policies, procedures, and resources dedicated to preventing and responding to reports of sex-based and sexual harassment;

  (2) not later than 6 months after the date on which the inventory is submitted under paragraph (1)—

  (A) in consultation with outside stakeholders, develop a consistent set of policy guidelines for Federal research agencies; and

  (B) submit a report to the committees referred to in paragraph (1) containing such guidelines;

  (3) encourage and monitor efforts of Federal research agencies to develop or maintain and implement policies based on the guidelines developed under paragraph (2);

  (4) not later than 1 year after the date on which the inventory under paragraph (1) is submitted, and every 5 years thereafter, the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy shall report to Congress on the implementation by Federal research agencies of the policy guidelines developed under paragraph (2); and

  (5) update such policy guidelines as needed.