To direct the National Science Foundation to establish a competitive grant program for institutions of higher education to enhance education and job training opportunities in mathematics, science, engineering, and technology.
Latest action · May 31, 2005 Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedMay 12, 2005
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Requires the Director of the National Science Foundation to establish a program to award competitive grants, in coordination with the Secretary of Education, to institutions of higher education (IHEs) for increased education and job training of U.S. nationals who are undergraduate or graduate students in mathematics, science, engineering, and technology.
Requires such grants to be provided to IHE applicants that demonstrate they will institute creative and innovative methods of encouraging students to study and enter into careers focused on those disciplines. Requires IHE applications to include: (1) financial incentives to students; (2) commitment to expose students to different industries; and (3) commitment to increase the number of traditionally underrepresented students in those disciplines.
Allows IHE recipients to use grant funds: (1) for major research equipment, facilities construction, repair and upgrades, textbooks, and other purposes necessary to create a quality academic program in one or more of those disciplines; and (2) to create interdisciplinary programs in those disciplines to better meet rapidly changing needs in emerging fields.
Cosponsors 18
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 12, 2005 to Dec 7, 2005; 16 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-WA | Adam Smith | Original | May 12, 2005 |
| D-PA | Allyson Y. Schwartz | Original | May 12, 2005 |
| D-AL | Artur Davis | Original | May 12, 2005 |
| D-KY | Ben Chandler | Original | May 12, 2005 |
| D-NC | Bob Etheridge | Original | May 12, 2005 |
| D-NY | Carolyn McCarthy | Original | May 12, 2005 |
| D-TX | Charles A. Gonzalez | Original | May 12, 2005 |
| D-NC | David E. Price | Original | May 12, 2005 |
| D-HI | Ed Case | Original | May 12, 2005 |
| D-CA | Ellen O. Tauscher | Original | May 12, 2005 |
| D-FL | Jim Davis | Original | May 12, 2005 |
| D-NY | Joseph Crowley | Original | May 12, 2005 |
| D-NJ | Rush Holt | Original | May 12, 2005 |
| D-SD | Stephanie Herseth Sandlin | Original | May 12, 2005 |
| D-OH | Stephanie Tubbs Jones | Original | May 12, 2005 |
| D-CA | Susan A. Davis | Original | May 12, 2005 |
| D-PA | Chaka Fattah | Jul 25, 2005 | |
| D-CA | Adam B. Schiff | Dec 7, 2005 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Science, Space, and Technology Committee | Referred May 12, 2005 |
| Research Subcommittee | Referred May 18, 2005 | |
| House | Education and Workforce Committee | Referred May 12, 2005 |
| Higher Education and Workforce Development Subcommittee | Referred May 31, 2005 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- May 31, 2005Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness.
- May 18, 2005Referred to the Subcommittee on Research.
- May 12, 2005Introduced in House
- May 12, 2005Referred to the Committee on Science, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 109-18 | CHALLENGES TO AMERICAN COMPETITIVENESS IN MATH AND SCIENCE51 pages | Education and Workforce Committee | May 19, 2005 |
Titles 1
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To direct the National Science Foundation to establish a competitive grant program for institutions of higher education to enhance education and job training opportunities in mathematics, science, engineering, and technology.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Education.
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- Commerce
- Economics and Public Finance
- Education
- Educational innovations
- Engineering
- Federal aid to education
- Graduate education
- Higher education
- Industry-university relations
- Labor and Employment
- Maintenance and repair
- Mathematics
- Mentoring
- Minorities
- Minority education
- Part-time employment
- Scholarships
- School buildings
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Scientific education
- Scientific instruments and apparatus
- Student employment
- Technical education
- Textbooks
- Women
- Women's education
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 12, 2005Introduced in House
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