Innovate America Act
Latest action · Nov 21, 2013 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
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.
- IntroducedNov 21, 2013
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Innovate America Act - Directs the Secretary of Education, in coordination with the Director of the National Science Foundation (NSF), to award grants, on a competitive basis, to state educational agencies to establish or expand the number of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, including computer science (STEM) secondary schools in the United States from approximately 100 to approximately 200.
Requires the Secretary, in coordination with the NSF Director, to:
- develop a database identifying existing STEM secondary schools, and
- study how to improve retention rates of students in STEM programs at institutions of higher education.
Directs the President to ensure that at least 15% of all federal funds available each fiscal year for undergraduate research opportunities at 2-year and 4-year degree granting institutions of higher education are used to fund research opportunities for postsecondary students.
Requires the NSF Director to administer a Technology Commercialization Awards Pilot Program through which promising technology advances derived from NSF research grants shall be eligible for funding.
Amends the National Science Foundation Authorization Act of 2002 to extend the Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program to cover specifically informatics and computer science.
Directs the Secretary of Commerce to establish a manufacturing assistance program for small and medium-sized domestic manufacturers to promote the manufacturing of goods in the United States and enable them to be competitive in global markets.
Requires the Under Secretary for International Trade of the Department of Commerce to report to Congress on the global competitiveness of 20 U.S. industries that export the most goods or services and the domestic and foreign regulatory and policy barriers to increasing their exports.
Requires: (1) the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), beginning in FY2015, to devise a strategy to reduce overall government printing costs over a 10-year period; and (2) each federal department and agency to issue guidance on the appropriate use of award and incentive fees in their programs.
Requires return to the Treasury of any funds intended to be awarded as incentive fees to contractors that are not paid owing to contractor inability to meet established criteria in this Act.
Cosponsors 1
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Nov 21, 2013.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-ND | John Hoeven | Original | Nov 21, 2013 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Nov 21, 2013Introduced in Senate
- Nov 21, 2013Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 5812 | Innovate America Act | Identical bill | Dec 12, 2014 |
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Education.
- Administrative law and regulatory procedures
- Advisory bodies
- Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficits
- Computers and information technology
- Congressional oversight
- Education
- Education programs funding
- Elementary and secondary education
- Executive agency funding and structure
- Free trade and trade barriers
- Government information and archives
- Government studies and investigations
- Higher education
- Internet and video services
- Internet, web applications, social media
- Manufacturing
- Performance measurement
- Public contracts and procurement
- Research administration and funding
- Research and development
- Science and engineering education
- Small business
- Student aid and college costs
- Technology transfer and commercialization
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Nov 21, 2013Introduced in Senate
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