MSI STEM Achievement Act
Latest action · May 19, 2021 Received in the Senate and 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.
- IntroducedMar 18, 2021
- Passed HouseMay 18, 2021
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
MSI STEM Achievement Act
(Sec. 4) This bill supports efforts to increase science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education at minority-serving institutions of higher education (IHEs), including Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Tribal Colleges or Universities. The bill requires the National Science Foundation to award grants for purposes including building the capacity of such IHEs to increase the number and success of their students in the STEM workforce.
(Sec. 5) The Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) shall develop a uniform set of policy guidelines for federal science agencies to carry out a program of outreach activities to increase clarity, transparency, and accountability for federal science agency investments in STEM education and research activities at minority-serving IHEs.
The OSTP shall submit to Congress a report containing a strategic plan for each federal science agency to increase the capacity of minority-serving IHEs to compete for grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements and to encourage such IHEs to participate in federal programs.
Cosponsors 13
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 18, 2021 to May 17, 2021; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-FL | Michael Waltz | Original | Mar 18, 2021 |
| R-PA | Brian K. Fitzpatrick | Apr 30, 2021 | |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Apr 30, 2021 | |
| D-NY | Yvette D. Clarke | Apr 30, 2021 | |
| D-WA | Marilyn Strickland | May 7, 2021 | |
| D-MI | Daniel T. Kildee | May 14, 2021 | |
| D-NC | Deborah K. Ross | May 14, 2021 | |
| D-HI | Ed Case | May 14, 2021 | |
| D-IL | Bill Foster | May 17, 2021 | |
| R-OK | Frank D. Lucas | May 17, 2021 | |
| D-NY | Jamaal Bowman | May 17, 2021 | |
| D-GA | Nikema Williams | May 17, 2021 | |
| R-CA | Young Kim | May 17, 2021 |
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 Mar 18, 2021 |
| Senate | Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee | Referred May 19, 2021 |
Actions 10
Everything that happened, newest first.
- May 19, 2021Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
- May 18, 2021Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 403, proceedings on H.R. 2027 are considered vacated.
- May 18, 2021Passed/agreed to in House: Pursuant to section 5 of H. Res. 403, and the motion offered by Mr. Hoyer, the following bills passed under suspension of the rules: H.R. 144, as amended; H.R. 204, as amended; H.R. 210, as amended; H.R. 240; H.R. 707, as amended; H.R. 711, as amended; H.R. 1157, as amended; H.R. 1447, as amended; H.R. 1510, as amended; H.R. 1711, as amended; H.R. 2027; H.R. 2167, as amended; H.R. 2441; H.R. 2494; H.R. 2533; H.R. 2655, as amended; H.R. 2695, H.R. 2704; H.R. 2788; H.R. 2878, as amended; and H.R. 3008. (consideration: CR H2482-2520; text: CR H2510-2511)
- May 17, 2021Ms. Bonamici moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
- May 17, 2021Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H2398-2401; text: CR H2398-2399)
In the Congressional Record 3
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House · Extensions | Debate and remarks E543, H2482Text printed H2510 | Eddie Bernice Johnson D-TX, Steny H. Hoyer D-MD | May 18, 2021 |
| House | Debate and remarks H2398–H2401Text printed H2398 | Frank D. Lucas R-OK, Michael Waltz R-FL, Suzanne Bonamici D-OR | May 17, 2021 |
| Extensions | Debate and remarks E272 | Eddie Bernice Johnson D-TX | Mar 18, 2021 |
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. 167, no. 51, March 18, 2021, page H1583.
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
Titles 4
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To direct Federal science agencies and the Office of Science and Technology Policy to undertake activities to improve the quality of undergraduate STEM education and enhance the research capacity at the Nation's HBCUs, TCUs, and MSIs, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- MSI STEM Achievement Act
- Short Title(s) as Passed House
- MSI STEM Achievement Act
- Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text
- MSI STEM Achievement Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications.
- Academic performance and assessments
- Congressional oversight
- Education programs funding
- Government information and archives
- Higher education
- Minority education
- Minority employment
- Performance measurement
- Public-private cooperation
- Research administration and funding
- Research and development
- Science and engineering education
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Teaching, teachers, curricula
Text 3
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 19, 2021Referred in Senate
- May 18, 2021Engrossed in House
- Mar 18, 2021Introduced 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.
