US Congress Senate Bill 2831 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on November 12 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-11-12 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Pending: Senate Commerce, Science, And Transportation Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Revises provisions relating to the National Space Grant College and Fellowship Program. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) shall carry out the program with the objective of providing hands-on research, training, and education programs with measurable outcomes in each state. NASA shall carry out the program through a space grant consortium in each state. The bill revises the purposes of the program to support space research programs that promote equally the state and regional STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) interests of each space grant consortium. NASA shall award grants to the lead institution of each state's space grant consortium to carry out at least three of six specified research, training, and education programs. The bill repeals certain provisions relating to the program, including provisions establishing the space grant review panel.

21st Century Space Grant Modernization Act of 2019

Sen. Shelley Capito [R-WV]	Sen. Kyrsten Sinema [I-AZ]	Sen. Mike Rounds [R-SD]	Sen. Jacky Rosen [D-NV]
Sen. Mike Braun [R-IN]	Sen. Chris Van Hollen [D-MD]	Sen. Lisa Murkowski [R-AK]	Sen. Tammy Baldwin [D-WI]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-11-12	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

SB2800 (Related) 2020-12-21 - Held at the desk.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/2831/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/s2831/BILLS-116s2831is.pdf