[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1709 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1709

  To establish a committee under the National Science and Technology 
  Council with the responsibility to coordinate science, technology, 
 engineering, and mathematics education activities and programs of all 
               Federal agencies, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 25, 2009

Mr. Gordon of Tennessee (for himself, Mr. Hall of Texas, Mr. Lipinski, 
 and Mr. Ehlers) introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
    the Committee on Science and Technology, and in addition to the 
   Committee on Education and Labor, for a period to be subsequently 
   determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such 
 provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
  To establish a committee under the National Science and Technology 
  Council with the responsibility to coordinate science, technology, 
 engineering, and mathematics education activities and programs of all 
               Federal agencies, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``STEM Education Coordination Act of 
2009''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITION.

    In this Act, the term ``STEM'' means science, technology, 
engineering, and mathematics.

SEC. 3. COORDINATION OF FEDERAL STEM EDUCATION.

    (a) Establishment.--The Director of the Office of Science and 
Technology Policy shall establish a committee under the National 
Science and Technology Council with the responsibility to coordinate 
Federal programs and activities in support of STEM education, including 
at the National Science Foundation, the Department of Energy, the 
National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration, the Department of Education, and all other 
Federal agencies that have programs and activities in support of STEM 
education.
    (b) Responsibilities.--The committee established under subsection 
(a) shall--
            (1) coordinate the STEM education activities and programs 
        of the Federal agencies;
            (2) develop, implement through the participating agencies, 
        and update once every 5 years a 5-year STEM education strategic 
        plan, which shall--
                    (A) specify and prioritize annual and long-term 
                objectives;
                    (B) specify the metrics which will be used to 
                assess progress toward achieving the objectives;
                    (C) describe the approaches that will be taken by 
                each participating agency to assess the effectiveness 
                of its STEM education programs and activities; and
                    (D) with respect to subparagraph (A), describe the 
                role of each agency in supporting programs and 
                activities designed to achieve the objectives; and
            (3) establish, periodically update, and maintain an 
        inventory of federally sponsored STEM education programs and 
        activities, including documentation of assessments of the 
        effectiveness of such programs and activities.
    (c) Report.--The Director of the Office of Science and Technology 
Policy shall transmit a report annually to Congress at the time of the 
President's budget request describing the plan required under 
subsection (b)(2). The annual report shall include--
            (1) a description of the STEM education programs and 
        activities for the previous and current fiscal years, and the 
        proposed programs and activities under the President's budget 
        request, of each participating Federal agency;
            (2) the levels of funding for each participating Federal 
        agency for the programs and activities described under 
        paragraph (1) for the previous fiscal year and under the 
        President's budget request; and
            (3) except for the initial annual report, a description of 
        the progress made in carrying out the implementation plan and 
        any changes made to that plan since the previous annual report.
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