[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 138 (Thursday, September 24, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Pages S6948-S6949]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       STEM EDUCATION ACT OF 2015

  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
proceed to the immediate consideration of Calendar No. 195, H.R. 1020; 
further, that the Thune amendment be agreed to and the Senate vote on 
passage of the bill, as amended.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The clerk will report the bill by title.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       A bill (H.R. 1020) to define STEM education to include 
     computer science, and to support

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     existing STEM education programs at the National Science 
     Foundation.

  Thereupon, the Senate proceeded to consider the bill.
  The amendment (No. 2694) was agreed to, as follows:

               [Purpose: To make a conforming amendment]

       On page 4, strike lines 24 through 25 and insert the 
     following:
       (3) in subsections (e) and (f), by striking ``subsection 
     (g)'' each place it appears, and inserting ``subsection 
     (h)'';

  The amendment was ordered to be engrossed, and the bill to be read a 
third time.
  The bill was read the third time.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The bill having been read the third time, the 
question is, Shall the bill pass?
  The bill (H.R. 1020), as amended, was passed.
  Mr. McCONNELL. I ask unanimous consent that the motion to reconsider 
be considered made and laid upon the table.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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