42 U.S.C. § 18994 — STEM workforce data

(a) Skilled technical workforce portfolio review.
(1) Within 1 year of August 9, 2022, the Director^* must fully analyze the Foundation's skilled technical workforce investments across all its Directorates, in the areas of education, research, infrastructure, data collection, and analysis.
(2) Within 180 days after that review completes, the Director must submit to Congress, and make widely available to the public, a summary report of the review.

(b) Survey data.
(1) To meet evolving needs for data on the science and engineering workforce, the Director must assess, coordinating with other federal statistical agencies and drawing on stakeholder input, the feasibility and benefits of adding rotating topic modules or questions to existing National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics surveys, which would vary cycle to cycle.
(2) Within 1 year, the Director must submit to Congress and the Board^* the results of an assessment, carried out with other federal agencies and stakeholder input, of the feasibility and benefits of adding new questions or topic modules to those surveys on: (A) the skilled technical workforce; (B) working conditions and work-life balance; (C) harassment and discrimination; (D) immigration and emigration; and (E) any other topics the Director chooses.
(3) The Director must continue and speed up efforts to make National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics survey data more useful for longitudinal research and analysis.
(4) Within 1 year, the Comptroller General must submit a report to Congress that: (A) evaluates the Foundation's processes for ensuring the National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics's data and analysis meets current and future needs; and (B) includes recommendations the Comptroller General determines appropriate to improve those processes.