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<title>Recognizing the importance of diversity in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, acknowledging a necessity to increase diversity and representation within physics, and expressing support for the American Physical Society Bridge Program for its work toward increasing the number of underrepresented minorities earning physics doctoral degrees.</title>
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<action-date>2018-07-11</action-date>
<action-desc>Introduced in House</action-desc>
<summary-text><![CDATA[<p>Recognizes the value of the American Physical Society Bridge Program.</p> <p>Expresses support for increasing diversity in the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics fields and closing the representation gap.</p> <p>Encourages continued federal investments in higher-education programming.<br /></p>]]></summary-text>
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