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H.R. 2027 · 117th Congress

MSI STEM Achievement Act

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Passed the House without a recorded vote, then expired. It passed by voice vote or unanimous consent, which don't record how each member voted, but didn't become law before the 117th Congress ended.

EJD JohnsonSponsor
13 cosponsors · 9 D, 4 R
MWR Waltz YCD Clarke BFR Fitzpatrick END Norton MSD Strickland ECD Case DKD Kildee DRD Ross JBD Bowman BFD Foster YKR Kim FLR Lucas NWD Williams

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

  1. House Introduced Mar 18, 2021
  2. House Passed May 18, 2021
What it does: CRS summary · Passed House · May 18, 2021

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.

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

About this bill and sources

Official title: 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.

Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications · Origin: House · Introduced: Mar 18, 2021

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

  1. House Introduced Mar 18, 2021
  2. House Passed May 18, 2021

No recorded floor vote found.