118 SRES 454 IS: Designating November 8, 2023, as “National Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Day” and celebrating the importance of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics in education and the workforce in the United States. U.S. Senate 2023-11-08 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.

III118th CONGRESS1st SessionS. RES. 454IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATESNovember 8, 2023Ms. Rosen (for herself, Mrs. Capito, and Ms. Smith) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the JudiciaryRESOLUTIONDesignating November 8, 2023, as “National Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Day” and celebrating the importance of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics in education and the workforce in the United States.

Whereas the Bureau of Labor shows that there are currently over 10,000,000 Americans employed in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) occupations in the United States;Whereas STEM occupations are projected to grow more than 10 percent between 2022 and 2032 to nearly 11,500,000 jobs;Whereas over 821,000 new STEM job openings will become available within the next decade;Whereas, in 2018, only 20 percent of high school graduates in the United States were fully prepared for college-level STEM curriculum courses;Whereas women are largely underrepresented in the STEM workforce and hold less than 1/3 of all STEM jobs;Whereas the National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics shows that, in 2021, Hispanic workers represented only 15 percent of the STEM workforce and Black workers represented only 9 percent; andWhereas teaching STEM subjects to students in the classroom can help inspire them to consider STEM career paths: Now, therefore, be it

That the Senate—(1)designates November 8, 2023, as National Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Day;(2)celebrates the importance of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics in education and the workforce in the United States; and(3)urges the people of the United States to observe National STEM Day with appropriate programs and activities.