3.0.0 2579 2022-11-01T13:49:47Z 2022-11-01T14:32:42Z Senate S 2019-09-26 116 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2019-09-26T19:45:06Z STEM Opportunities Act of 2019 116 2528 HR 2019-10-15 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Identical bill CRS 2019-09-26 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S5751-5752) IntroReferral 2019-09-26 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress H001042 Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI] Mazie Hirono D HI K. N B001277 Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] Richard Blumenthal D CT 2019-09-26 True C000127 Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA] Maria Cantwell D WA 2019-09-26 True C001113 Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV] Catherine Cortez Masto D NV 2019-09-26 True D000622 Sen. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL] Tammy Duckworth D IL 2019-09-26 True G000555 Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] Kirsten Gillibrand D NY E. 2019-09-26 True K000367 Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] Amy Klobuchar D MN 2019-09-26 True M000133 Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA] Edward Markey D MA J. 2019-09-26 True M001176 Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] Jeff Merkley D OR 2019-09-26 True R000608 Sen. Rosen, Jacky [D-NV] Jacklyn Rosen D NV 2019-09-26 True B000944 Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] Sherrod Brown D OH 2019-10-17 False S001181 Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH] Jeanne Shaheen D NH 2020-06-29 False W000802 Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] Sheldon Whitehouse D RI 2020-07-22 False S001203 Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN] Tina Smith D MN 2020-08-12 False Education Administrative law and regulatory procedures Adoption and foster care Census and government statistics Child care and development Computers and information technology Congressional oversight Disability and paralysis Education of the disadvantaged Education programs funding Educational technology and distance education Elementary and secondary education Government information and archives Higher education Indian social and development programs Minority education Minority employment National Science Foundation Office of Science and Technology Policy Performance measurement Research administration and funding Research and development Rural conditions and development Science and engineering education Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination Teaching, teachers, curricula Women's education Women's employment Education 00 2019-09-26 Introduced in Senate 2020-10-29T14:40:47Z STEM Opportunities Act of 2019

This bill provides for guidance, data collection, and grants for groups historically underrepresented in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education at institutions of higher education (IHEs) and at federal science agencies.

Specifically, the bill requires the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) to provide specified guidance related to such groups to federal science agencies and IHEs.

Each federal science agency must collect comprehensive demographic data on recipients of merit-reviewed research and development grants given to IHEs and federal laboratories supported by that agency.

Each agency must also implement recommendations from the OSTP report titled Reducing the Impact of Bias in the STEM Workforce. In addition, each agency must carry out a pilot program and implement evidence-based policies and practices to minimize the effect of implicit bias in the grant review process.

The National Science Foundation (NSF) must carry out and publish a survey to collect data on the demographics of STEM faculty, by broad fields of STEM, at different types of IHEs.

The NSF must also carry out a variety of grant programs, including grants for increasing (1) the recruitment, retention, and advancement of individuals from underrepresented minority groups in STEM careers; (2) the recruitment and retention of minority students who are underrepresented in STEM fields; and (3) student participation in computer science and computational thinking education programs at tribal colleges and universities.

]]> STEM Opportunities Act of 2019 Display Title STEM Opportunities Act of 2019 Short Title(s) as Introduced STEM Opportunities Act of 2019 Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to direct the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy to carry out programs and activities to ensure that Federal science agencies and institutions of higher education receiving Federal research and development funding are fully engaging their entire talent pool, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2019-09-26T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s2579is/xml/BILLS-116s2579is.xml 2019-09-26 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S5751-5752) 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.