[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3830 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3830

 To establish the Undergraduate Scholarships for Science, Technology, 
     Engineering, and Mathematics Program, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 23, 2010

Mrs. Gillibrand introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
  referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

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                                 A BILL


 
 To establish the Undergraduate Scholarships for Science, Technology, 
     Engineering, and Mathematics Program, 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 ``Undergraduate Scholarship Awards in 
Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics Act'' or the ``US-STEM 
Act''.

SEC. 2. SCHOLARSHIPS FOR STEM.

    (a) In General.--The Director of the National Science Foundation 
(referred to in this section as the ``Director'') shall award merit 
scholarships for study in science, technology, engineering, or 
mathematics to undergraduate scholars.
    (b) Selection Criteria.--The Director shall determine selection 
criteria for awarding scholarships under this section. The criteria 
shall include the following requirements for each student:
            (1) The student shall be from a family whose taxable income 
        for 2010 did not exceed $75,000. Such figure shall be adjusted 
        annually for inflation.
            (2) The student shall attend a 4-year public or private, 
        nonprofit institution of higher education.
            (3) The student shall maintain not less than a 3.0 grade 
        point average, on a scale of a 4.0. If the school does not 
        grade on a 4.0 scale, the Director may come up with a 
        comparable rating. If the student has borne undue hardship, the 
        school may write to the Director to explain the student's 
        circumstances and appeal this criterion.
            (4) The student shall be a United States citizen or a 
        lawful permanent resident of the United States.
            (5) The student shall not have been convicted of a felony.
    (c) Scholarship Awards.--The Director shall--
            (1) award not more than 2,500 scholarships under this 
        section annually beginning with the 2011-2012 academic year;
            (2) award scholarships under this section--
                    (A) for a student's final 2 years of undergraduate 
                study at the 4-year public or private, nonprofit 
                institution of higher education; and
                    (B) in an amount equal to the full tuition and fees 
                at the institution of higher education;
            (3) give notice to scholarship grantees on or before April 
        1st of the year preceding the academic year for which the 
        scholarship is awarded; and
            (4) provide the scholarship funds directly to the 
        institution of higher education at which the student is 
        enrolled.
    (d) Advisory Board.--
            (1) In general.--The Director shall establish an advisory 
        board for the program established under this section.
            (2) Duties of the board.--The advisory board shall--
                    (A) assist in determining the selection criteria 
                described under subsection (b); and
                    (B) provide guidance and oversight to the program 
                established under this section.
    (e) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be 
appropriated to carry out this section--
            (1) $30,000,000 for fiscal year 2011;
            (2) $60,000,000 for fiscal year 2012;
            (3) $61,800,000 for fiscal year 2013;
            (4) $63,600,000 for fiscal year 2014; and
            (5) $65,500,000 for fiscal year 2015.
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