3.0.0 2037 2022-11-01T13:50:49Z 2022-11-01T13:50:49Z Senate S 2019-06-27 116 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2019-06-27T20:29:48Z Indigenous STEM Professional Development Act 116 4222 HR 2019-08-30 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor. Related bill CRS 2019-06-27 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2019-06-27 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress M001153 Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK] Lisa Murkowski R AK N S001194 Sen. Schatz, Brian [D-HI] Brian Schatz D HI 2019-06-27 True H001046 Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM] Martin Heinrich D NM T. 2019-12-18 False Native Americans Alaska Natives and Hawaiians Education programs funding Higher education Indian social and development programs Minority education Science and engineering education Native Americans 00 2019-06-27 Introduced in Senate 2019-10-23T20:09:53Z Building Indigenous STEM Professionals Act

This bill expands the grant program for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) programs that benefit Native American students. Under current law, this program only applies to programs that benefit Alaska Natives and Native Hawaiians. The bill expands grant eligibility to include programs that benefit American Indians.

Additionally, the bill authorizes grants under the program for the creation of new programs for the development of Native American STEM professionals.

The bill also revises how programs are prioritized for awarding grants. The bill gives priority to programs in which 70% or more of the participants are Native Americans.

]]> Building Indigenous STEM Professionals Act Display Title Building Indigenous STEM Professionals Act Short Title(s) as Introduced Building Indigenous STEM Professionals Act Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the STEM education program for American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian students under the Higher Education Act of 1965. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2019-06-27T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s2037is/xml/BILLS-116s2037is.xml 2019-06-27 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.