INSPIRES Act
Latest action · Mar 5, 2020 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
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.
- IntroducedMar 5, 2020
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Inspiring New STEM Professionals by Investing in Renovation of Education Spaces Act or the INSPIRES Act
This bill directs the Department of Education to establish grant programs (1) for the modernization, renovation, or repair of career- and technical-education facilities; and (2) to enable secondary schools that are located in rural areas or that serve Native American students to improve facilities that provide science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education and to support high-speed internet in STEM facilities.
Cosponsors 17
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 5, 2020 to Jul 9, 2020; 10 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-OR | Earl Blumenauer | Original | Mar 5, 2020 |
| D-TX | Eddie Bernice Johnson | Original | Mar 5, 2020 |
| D-NY | Grace Meng | Original | Mar 5, 2020 |
| D-TX | Henry Cuellar | Original | Mar 5, 2020 |
| D-NY | Jerrold Nadler | Original | Mar 5, 2020 |
| D-WA | Kim Schrier | Original | Mar 5, 2020 |
| D-NY | Paul Tonko | Original | Mar 5, 2020 |
| D-CA | Ro Khanna | Original | Mar 5, 2020 |
| D-TX | Sylvia R. Garcia | Original | Mar 5, 2020 |
| D-OH | Tim Ryan | Original | Mar 5, 2020 |
| D-IL | Bill Foster | May 15, 2020 | |
| D-CO | Joe Neguse | May 15, 2020 | |
| D-MI | Elissa Slotkin | May 22, 2020 | |
| D-IL | Sean Casten | Jun 26, 2020 | |
| D-PA | Chrissy Houlahan | Jul 9, 2020 | |
| D-VA | Elaine G. Luria | Jul 9, 2020 | |
| D-CA | Jerry McNerney | Jul 9, 2020 |
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 Mar 5, 2020 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 5, 2020Introduced in House
- Mar 5, 2020Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
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. 166, no. 44, March 5, 2020, page H1536.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 3397 | INSPIRES Act | Identical bill | Mar 5, 2020 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 by establishing a program to support the modernization, renovation, or repair of career and technical education facilities, to enable schools serving grades 6 through 12 that are located in rural areas or that serve Native American students to remodel or build new facilities to provide STEM classrooms and laboratories and support high-speed internet, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- INSPIRES Act
- Inspiring New STEM Professionals by Investing in Renovation of Education Spaces Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Education.
- Congressional oversight
- Education
- Education programs funding
- Educational facilities and institutions
- Educational technology and distance education
- Elementary and secondary education
- Energy efficiency and conservation
- Higher education
- Indian social and development programs
- Infrastructure development
- Internet and video services
- Internet, web applications, social media
- Public-private cooperation
- Rural conditions and development
- Science and engineering education
- Vocational and technical education
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 5, 2020Introduced 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.
