3.0.0 4150 2023-01-11T13:38:22Z 2023-01-11T13:38:22Z House HR 2017-10-26 115 [Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 173 (Thursday, October 26, 2017)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. CARTWRIGHT:H.R. 4150.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8, Clause 3[Page H8271]]]> hssy00 Science, Space, and Technology Committee House Standing hssy15 Research and Technology Subcommittee Referred to 2018-05-22T19:25:33Z Referred to 2017-10-26T13:00:18Z hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee House Standing hsif17 Innovation, Data, and Commerce Subcommittee Referred to 2017-10-27T20:27:22Z Referred to 2017-10-26T13:00:28Z hsgo00 Oversight and Accountability Committee House Standing Referred to 2017-10-26T13:00:33Z hsed00 Education and the Workforce Committee House Standing Referred to 2017-10-26T13:00:23Z 2018-05-22 hssy15 Research and Technology Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Research and Technology. Committee 2017-10-27 hsif17 Innovation, Data, and Commerce Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection. Committee 2017-10-26 Referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, Energy and Commerce, and Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsgo00 Oversight and Accountability Committee 2017-10-26 Referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, Energy and Commerce, and Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee 2017-10-26 Referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, Energy and Commerce, and Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsed00 Education and the Workforce Committee 2017-10-26 Referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, Energy and Commerce, and Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hssy00 Science, Space, and Technology Committee 2017-10-26 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2017-10-26 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress C001090 Rep. Cartwright, Matt [D-PA-17] Matt Cartwright D PA 17 N D000619 Rep. Davis, Rodney [R-IL-13] Rodney Davis R IL 13 2017-10-26 True R000577 Rep. Ryan, Tim [D-OH-13] TIM RYAN D OH 13 2017-10-26 True Education Administrative law and regulatory procedures Advisory bodies Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficits Computers and information technology Congressional oversight Education programs funding Elementary and secondary education Executive agency funding and structure Free trade and trade barriers Government information and archives Government studies and investigations Higher education Internet and video services Internet, web applications, social media Manufacturing Performance measurement Public contracts and procurement Research administration and funding Research and development Science and engineering education Small business Student aid and college costs Technology transfer and commercialization Education 00 2017-10-26 Introduced in House 2019-06-25T20:30:01Z Innovate America Act

This bill requires the Department of Education (ED), in coordination with the National Science Foundation (NSF), to award grants to state educational agencies to establish or expand the number of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, including computer science, (STEM) secondary schools from approximately 100 to approximately 200.

Among other things, the bill requires

  • ED, in coordination with the NSF, to study how to improve retention rates of students in STEM programs at institutions of higher education;
  • funding for research opportunities for postsecondary students;
  • The NSF Partnerships for Innovation Program to administer a Technology Commercialization Awards Pilot Program through which promising technology advances derived from NSF research grants shall be eligible for funding;
  • the Department of Commerce to establish a manufacturing assistance program for small and medium-sized domestic manufacturers to promote the manufacturing of goods in the United States and enable them to be competitive in global markets; and
  • Commerce to report to Congress on the global competitiveness of 20 U.S. industries that export the most goods or services and the domestic and foreign regulatory and policy barriers to increasing their exports.

The National Science Foundation Authorization Act of 2002 is amended to expand the Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program to include informatics and computer science.

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