116 STAT. 3056 PUBLIC LAW 107-368 —DEC. 19, 2002 the Foundation's reaction to the assessment authorized under paragraph (1). 42 USC 1862n-4. SEC. 14. MAJOR RESEARCH EQUIPMENT AND FACILITIES CONSTRUC- TION PLAN. (a) PRIORITIZATION OF PROPOSED MAJOR RESEARCH EQUIPMENT AND FACILITIES CONSTRUCTION.— (1) DEVELOPMENT OF PRIORITIES. —(A) The Director shall— (i) develop a list indicating by number the relative priority for funding under the major research equipment and facilities construction account that the Director assigns to each project the Board has approved for inclusion in a future budget request; and (ii) submit the list described in clause (i) to the Board for approval. (B) The Director shall update the list prepared under subparagraph (A) each time the Board approves a new project that would receive funding under the major research equipment and facilities construction account, as necessary to prepare reports under paragraph (2), and, from time to time, submit any updated list to the Board for approval. Deadlines. (2) ANNUAL REPORT.—Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, and not later than each June 15 thereafter, the Director shall transmit to the Committee on Science of the House of Representatives, the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate, and the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate a report containing— (A) the most recent Board-approved priority list developed under paragraph (I)(A); (B) a description of the criteria used to develop such list; and (C) a description of the major factors for each project that determined the ranking of such project on the list, based on the application of the criteria described pursuant to subparagraph (B). (3) CRiTERLf^.— The criteria described pursuant to paragraph (2)(B) shall include, at a minimum— (A) scientific merit; (B) broad societal need and probable impact; (C) consideration of the results of formal prioritization efforts by the scientific community; (D) readiness of plans for construction and operation; (E) the applicant's management and administrative capacity of large research facilities; (F) international and interagency commitments; and (G) the order in which projects were approved by the Board for inclusion in a future budget request. (b) FACILITIES PLAN. — (1) IN GENERAL.— Section 201(a)(1) of the National Science Foundation Authorization Act of 1998 (42 U.S.C. 18621(a)(1)) is amended to read as follows: "(1) IN GENERAL.— The Director shall prepare, and include as part of the Foundation's annual budget request to Congress, a plan for the proposed construction of, and repair and upgrades to, national research facilities, including full life-cycle cost information.".
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