21st Century STEM for Girls and Underrepresented Minorities Act
Latest action · Dec 3, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Education and 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.
- IntroducedDec 3, 2025
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
21st Century STEM for Girls and Underrepresented Minorities Act
This bill directs the Department of Education to make grants to local educational agencies to pay the costs of carrying out science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education activities for girls and underrepresented minorities.
Cosponsors 16
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Dec 3, 2025 to Jun 30, 2026; 9 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-AZ | Adelita S. Grijalva | Original | Dec 3, 2025 |
| D-IL | Bill Foster | Original | Dec 3, 2025 |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Original | Dec 3, 2025 |
| D-GA | Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. | Original | Dec 3, 2025 |
| D-NJ | LaMonica McIver | Original | Dec 3, 2025 |
| D-OH | Shontel M. Brown | Original | Dec 3, 2025 |
| D-MA | Stephen F. Lynch | Original | Dec 3, 2025 |
| D-PA | Summer L. Lee | Original | Dec 3, 2025 |
| D-MO | Wesley Bell | Original | Dec 3, 2025 |
| D-CA | Eric Swalwell | Dec 9, 2025 | |
| D-NY | Yvette D. Clarke | Dec 9, 2025 | |
| D-WA | Suzan K. DelBene | Dec 17, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Zoe Lofgren | Dec 17, 2025 | |
| D-NM | Melanie A. Stansbury | Jan 7, 2026 | |
| D-KS | Sharice Davids | Feb 24, 2026 | |
| D-NJ | Nellie Pou | Jun 30, 2026 |
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 Dec 3, 2025 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 3, 2025Introduced in House
- Dec 3, 2025Referred to the House Committee on Education and 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. 171, no. 202, December 3, 2025, page H5026.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 3340 | 21st Century STEM for Girls and Underrepresented Minorities Act | Related bill | Dec 3, 2025 |
Titles 2
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 to provide grants to local educational agencies to encourage girls and underrepresented minorities to pursue studies and careers in STEM fields.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- 21st Century STEM for Girls and Underrepresented Minorities Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Education.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Dec 3, 2025Introduced 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.
