Promoting Women in STEM Act
Latest action · Jun 29, 2017 Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
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.
- IntroducedJun 29, 2017
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Promoting Women in STEM Act
This bill amends the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006 to require state leadership activities under the Act to include supporting programs that increase the participation of women in career and technical education programs leading to occupations in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.
Cosponsors 3
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 29, 2017 to Dec 10, 2018; 2 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NY | Louise McIntosh Slaughter | Original | Jun 29, 2017 |
| D-CA | Ted Lieu | Original | Jun 29, 2017 |
| D-IL | Daniel Lipinski | Dec 10, 2018 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Education and Workforce Committee | Referred Jun 29, 2017 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 29, 2017Introduced in House
- Jun 29, 2017Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
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.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 163, no. 112, June 29, 2017, page H5378.
Related bills 5
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 2353 | Strengthening Career and Technical Education for the 21st Century Act | Related bill | Jul 31, 2018 |
| S 3083 | Career and Technical Education for Adult Learners Act of 2018 | Related bill | Jun 18, 2018 |
| S 3101 | Free Career and Technical Education for High School Students Act | Related bill | Jun 20, 2018 |
| S 3217 | Strengthening Career and Technical Education for the 21st Century Act | Related bill | Dec 19, 2018 |
| HR 6623 | WORKER Act | Related bill | Aug 16, 2018 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006 to increase the participation of women in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics occupations.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Promoting Women in STEM Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Labor and Employment.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 29, 2017Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
