[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1928 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1928

    To provide for a report by the National Academy of Sciences on 
     underrepresentation of certain groups in science, technology, 
                  engineering, and mathematics fields.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 18, 2007

  Mr. Reyes introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                  Committee on Science and Technology

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                                 A BILL


 
    To provide for a report by the National Academy of Sciences on 
     underrepresentation of certain groups in science, technology, 
                  engineering, and mathematics fields.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. FINDING.

    The Congress finds that--
            (1) according to the report entitled ``Rising Above the 
        Gathering Storm: Energizing and Employing America for a 
        Brighter Economic Future'' published by the Committee on 
        Prospering in the Global Economy of the 21st Century in 2005, 
        the vitality of the American economy provides the ``foundation 
        of our high quality of life, our national security, and our 
        hope that our children and grandchildren will inherit ever-
        greater opportunities'', and ``vitality is derived in large 
        part from the productivity of well-trained people and the 
        steady stream of scientific and technical innovations they 
        produce''; and
            (2) it is a national strategic priority of the United 
        States to expand the pipeline of individuals entering the 
        science, technology, engineering, and mathematics fields to 
        support United States innovation and competitiveness.

SEC. 2. NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES REPORT.

    The National Science Foundation shall enter into an arrangement 
with the National Academy of Sciences for a report, to be transmitted 
to the Congress not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of 
this Act, about what effect increasing the number of members of 
underrepresented groups, like women and underrepresented minorities, in 
science, technology, engineering, and mathematics fields would have on 
achieving the priority described in section 1(2), and to identify 
strategies for bringing more women and underrepresented minorities into 
science, technology, engineering, and mathematics fields.
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