110 HR 1928 IH: To provide for a report by the National Academy of U.S. House of Representatives 2007-04-18 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.

I 110th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1928 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 18, 2007 Mr. Reyes introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Science and Technology 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.

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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.

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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.