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H.R. 1665 · 116th Congress

Building Blocks of STEM Act

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HSD StevensSponsor
11 cosponsors · 8 D, 3 R
JBR Baird BFR Fitzpatrick JGR González-Colón DTD Titus SCD Cohen KHD Hill DLD Lipinski PTD Tonko BFD Foster BLD Lawrence KHD Horn

1 signed on when it was introduced; the rest joined later. Cosponsors who withdrew aren't shown.

  1. House Introduced Mar 11, 2019
  2. House Passed Jul 23, 2019

This bill modifies National Science Foundation (NSF) grant programs that support STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, including computer science) education.

What it does: CRS summary · Passed House · Jul 23, 2019

Building Blocks of STEM Act

This bill modifies National Science Foundation (NSF) grant programs that support STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, including computer science) education.

(Sec. 3) The bill instructs the NSF, when awarding grants under the Discovery Research PreK-12 program, to improve the focus of research and development on early childhood education.

(Sec. 4) The bill specifies that NSF grants to increase the participation of underrepresented populations in STEM fields may be used for research into various subjects regarding female students in prekindergarten through elementary school, including

  • the role of teachers and caregivers in encouraging or discouraging participation by such students in STEM activities, and
  • the types of STEM activities that encourage greater participation by such students.

(Sec. 5) The bill specifies that NSF grants to research computer science education and computational thinking may be used to support development and implementation of various tools and models for teaching and learning, including

  • developing and offering gender-inclusive computer science enrichment programs, and
  • acquainting female students in prekindergarten through elementary school with careers in computer science.

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov

About this bill and sources

Official title: Building Blocks of STEM Act

Latest action (Jul 24, 2019): Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications · Origin: House · Introduced: Mar 11, 2019

Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)

  1. House Introduced Mar 11, 2019
  2. House Passed Jul 23, 2019

No recorded floor vote found.