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[H.R. 4254 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        H.R.4254

                     One Hundred Fifteenth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE SECOND SESSION

         Begun and held at the City of Washington on Wednesday,
           the third day of January, two thousand and eighteen


                                 An Act


 
 To amend the National Science Foundation Authorization Act of 2002 to 
 strengthen the aerospace workforce pipeline by the promotion of Robert 
  Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program and National Aeronautics and Space 
Administration internship and fellowship opportunities to women, 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 ``Women in Aerospace Education Act''.
SEC. 2. ROBERT NOYCE TEACHER SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM FELLOWSHIP 
OPPORTUNITIES.
    (a) In General.--The National Science Foundation Authorization Act 
of 2002 (Public Law 107-368; 42 U.S.C. 1862n et seq.) is amended--
        (1) in section 10(a)(3)(A)(iv), by inserting ``, including 
    research experiences at national laboratories and NASA centers'' 
    before the semicolon; and
        (2) in section 10A(c)(4)--
            (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``and'' at the end;
            (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking the period at the end 
        and inserting ``; and''; and
            (C) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(C) providing internship opportunities for fellows, 
        including research experiences at national laboratories and 
        NASA Centers.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) shall 
apply with respect to grants awarded on or after October 1, 2018.
SEC. 3. NASA INTERNSHIP AND FELLOWSHIP OPPORTUNITIES.
    Not later than October 1, 2018, the Administrator of the National 
Aeronautics and Space Administration (in this section referred to as 
``NASA'') shall institute a process to encourage the recruitment of 
qualified candidates who are women or individuals who are 
underrepresented in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and 
mathematics (STEM) and computer science for internships and fellowships 
at NASA with relevance to the aerospace sector and related fields.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.