US Congress Senate Bill 2579 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 14-0)
Status: Introduced on September 26 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-09-26 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S5751-5752)
Pending: Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [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 evidence-based 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 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

Sen. Mazie Hirono [D-HI]	Sen. Richard Blumenthal [D-CT]	Sen. Maria Cantwell [D-WA]	Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto [D-NV]
Sen. Tammy Duckworth [D-IL]	Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand [D-NY]	Sen. Amy Klobuchar [D-MN]	Sen. Edward Markey [D-MA]
Sen. Jeff Merkley [D-OR]	Sen. Jacky Rosen [D-NV]	Sen. Sherrod Brown [D-OH]	Sen. Jeanne Shaheen [D-NH]
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse [D-RI]	Sen. Tina Smith [D-MN]

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

HB2528 (Same As) 2019-10-15 - Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/2579/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/s2579/BILLS-116s2579is.pdf