Innovate America Act
Latest action · May 22, 2018 Referred to the Subcommittee on Research and Technology.
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.
- IntroducedOct 26, 2017
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Innovate America Act
This bill requires the Department of Education (ED), in coordination with the National Science Foundation (NSF), to award grants to state educational agencies to establish or expand the number of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, including computer science, (STEM) secondary schools from approximately 100 to approximately 200.
Among other things, the bill requires
- ED, in coordination with the NSF, to study how to improve retention rates of students in STEM programs at institutions of higher education;
- funding for research opportunities for postsecondary students;
- The NSF Partnerships for Innovation Program to administer a Technology Commercialization Awards Pilot Program through which promising technology advances derived from NSF research grants shall be eligible for funding;
- the Department 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; and
- 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.
The National Science Foundation Authorization Act of 2002 is amended to expand the Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program to include informatics and computer science.
Cosponsors 2
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Oct 26, 2017.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-IL | Rodney Davis | Original | Oct 26, 2017 |
| D-OH | Tim Ryan | Original | Oct 26, 2017 |
Committees 4
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 Oct 26, 2017 |
| Research and Technology Subcommittee | Referred May 22, 2018 | |
| House | Education and Workforce Committee | Referred Oct 26, 2017 |
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred Oct 26, 2017 |
| Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade Subcommittee | Referred Oct 27, 2017 | |
| House | Oversight and Government Reform Committee | Referred Oct 26, 2017 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- May 22, 2018Referred to the Subcommittee on Research and Technology.
- Oct 27, 2017Referred to the Subcommittee on Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection.
- Oct 26, 2017Introduced in House
- Oct 26, 2017Referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, Energy and Commerce, and Oversight and Government Reform, 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.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 163, no. 173, October 26, 2017, page H8271.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 3959 | Innovate America Act | Reintroduction of | Sep 30, 2016 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To support innovation, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Innovate America Act
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.
- Oct 26, 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.
