US Congress House Bill 2528 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 26-4)
Status: Engrossed on October 15 2019 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-10-15 - Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Pending: Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [PDF]

Provides for guidance, data collection, and grants for groups historically underrepresented in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education at institutions of higher education (IHEs) and at federal science agencies. Specifically, the bill requires the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) to provide specified guidance related to such groups to federal science agencies and IHEs. Each federal science agency must collect comprehensive demographic data on recipients of merit-reviewed research and development grants given to IHEs and federal laboratories supported by that agency. Each agency must also implement recommendations from the OSTP report titled Reducing the Impact of Bias in the STEM Workforce. In addition, each agency must carry out a pilot program and implement policies and practices to minimize the effect of implicit bias in the grant review process. The National Science Foundation (NSF) must carry out and publish a survey to collect institution-level data on the demographics of STEM faculty, by broad fields of STEM, at different types of IHEs. The NSF must also carry out a variety of grant programs, including grants for increasing (1) the recruitment, retention, and advancement of individuals from underrepresented minority groups in STEM careers; (2) the recruitment and retention of minority students who are underrepresented in STEM fields; and (3) student participation in computer science and computational thinking education programs at tribal colleges and universities.

STEM Opportunities Act of 2019

Rep. Eddie Johnson [D-TX]	Rep. Frank Lucas [R-OK]	Rep. Don Beyer [D-VA]	Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]
Rep. Ed Perlmutter [D-CO]	Rep. Katie Hill [D-CA]	Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick [R-PA]	Rep. Conor Lamb [D-PA]
Rep. Joseph Kennedy [D-MA]	Rep. Yvette Clarke [D-NY]	Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL]	Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX]
Rep. Haley Stevens [D-MI]	Rep. Bill Foster [D-IL]	Rep. Anna Eshoo [D-CA]	Rep. Albio Sires [D-NJ]
Rep. Angela Craig [D-MN]	Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]	Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]	Rep. Tony Cardenas [D-CA]
Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick [D-AZ]	Rep. Jenniffer Gonzalez-Colon [R-PR]	Rep. Sean Casten [D-IL]	Rep. Paul Tonko [D-NY]
Rep. Daniel Lipinski [D-IL]	Rep. Elizabeth Fletcher [D-TX]	Rep. Suzanne Bonamici [D-OR]	Rep. Kendra Horn [D-OK]
Rep. Michael Waltz [R-FL]	Rep. Debbie Mucarsel-Powell [D-FL]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-10-15	Senate	Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
2019-09-26	House	Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
2019-09-26	House	On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H8005-8009)
2019-09-26	House	DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 2528.
2019-09-26	House	Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H8005-8010)
2019-09-26	House	Ms. Johnson (TX) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
2019-07-30	House	Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 142.
2019-07-30	House	Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology. H. Rept. 116-184.
2019-06-20	House	Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
2019-06-20	House	Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
2019-05-07	House	Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
2019-05-07	House	Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H3462-3463)
2019-05-07	House	Introduced in House

SB2579 (Same As) 2019-09-26 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S5751-5752)

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/2528/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr2528/BILLS-116hr2528ih.pdf
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr2528/BILLS-116hr2528rh.pdf
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr2528/BILLS-116hr2528eh.pdf