[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3344 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3344

To amend the STEM Education Act of 2015 to require the National Science 
    Foundation to promote the integration of art and design in STEM 
                   education, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 20, 2017

 Mr. Langevin (for himself, Ms. Bonamici, and Ms. Stefanik) introduced 
  the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Science, 
                         Space, and Technology

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the STEM Education Act of 2015 to require the National Science 
    Foundation to promote the integration of art and design in STEM 
                   education, 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 to STEAM Act of 2017''.

SEC. 2. INTEGRATING ART AND DESIGN INTO NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION 
              INFORMAL STEM EDUCATION PROGRAM.

    Section 3 of the STEM Education Act of 2015 (42 U.S.C. 1862q) is 
amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)--
                    (A) in paragraph (2), by striking ``and'' at the 
                end;
                    (B) in paragraph (3), by striking the period and 
                inserting ``; and''; and
                    (C) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(4) the integration of art and design in STEM educational 
        programs.''; and
            (2) in subsection (b)--
                    (A) in paragraph (3), by striking ``and'' at the 
                end;
                    (B) in paragraph (4), by striking the period and 
                inserting ``; and''; and
                    (C) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(5) design and testing of programming that integrates art 
        and design in STEM education to promote creativity and 
        innovation.''.
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