3.0.0 1246 2023-01-11T13:36:23Z 2023-01-11T13:36:23Z Senate S 2017-05-25 115 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2017-05-25T16:42:35Z Women and Minorities in STEM Booster Act of 2017 115 2709 HR 2018-05-22 Referred to the Subcommittee on Research and Technology. Identical bill CRS 2017-05-25 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2017-05-25 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress H001042 Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI] Mazie Hirono D HI K. N B001230 Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI] Tammy Baldwin D WI 2017-05-25 True B000944 Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] Sherrod Brown D OH 2017-05-25 True S000770 Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI] Debbie Stabenow D MI 2017-05-25 True D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. 2017-05-25 True Education Education programs funding Elementary and secondary education Higher education Minority education Minority employment Science and engineering education Teaching, teachers, curricula Women's education Women's employment Education 00 2017-05-25 Introduced in Senate 2017-07-27T20:02:18Z Women and Minorities in STEM Booster Act of 2017

This bill requires the National Science Foundation to award competitive grants to enable eligible entities to carry out the activities specified below in order to increase the participation of women and underrepresented minorities in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM).

An eligible entity that receives a grant shall use grant funds to carry out one or more of the following activities designed to increase the participation of women or minorities underrepresented in science and engineering, or both:

  • online workshops,
  • mentoring programs that partner STEM professionals with students,
  • internships for undergraduate and graduate students in STEM fields,
  • outreach programs providing elementary and secondary school students with opportunities to increase their exposure to STEM fields, and
  • programs to increase the recruitment and retention of underrepresented faculty.
]]> Women and Minorities in STEM Booster Act of 2017 Display Title Women and Minorities in STEM Booster Act of 2017 Official Title as Introduced A bill to increase the participation of historically underrepresented demographic groups in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education and industry. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Women and Minorities in STEM Booster Act of 2017 Introduced in Senate 2017-05-25T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s1246is/xml/BILLS-115s1246is.xml 2017-05-25 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.