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STEM EDUCATION-RELATED HOUSE BILLS IN 110TH CONGRESS

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BILL (with link to Library of Congress Thomas page)STATUS (with link to relevant site if applicable)TITLE (with link to Legislative News coverage if applicable)EXTENDED TITLE / SUMMARY (generally taken from Library of Congress Thomas website) LINK TO OVERVIEW OF BILL (usually brief; written by Congressional Research Service (CRS))SPONSORRELATED SENATE BILL (with link to Library of Congress Thomas page)CompleteCovered in Legislative News

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HR 35 5/9/07: Referred to Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary EducationScience Accountability Act of 2007
To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to require the use of science assessments in the calculation of adequate yearly progress, and for other purposes.Link to CRS overview of billRep. Vernon Ehlers (R-MI)NAx

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HR 361/4/07: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and MeansNational Science Education Tax Incentive for Teachers Act of 2007To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to encourage teachers to pursue teaching math and science subjects at elementary and secondary schools.Link to CRS overview of billRep. Vernon Ehlers (R-MI)NAx

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HR 371/4/07: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and MeansNational Science Education Tax Incentive for Businesses Act of 2007To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to encourage businesses to improve math and science education at elementary and secondary schools.Link to CRS overview of billRep. Vernon Ehlers (R-MI)NAx

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HR 38 Some provisions merged into Improving Head Start Act of 2007 (HR 1429)Math & Science School Readiness Act of 2007To amend the Head Start Act to improve the math and science readiness of disadvantaged children.Link to CRS overview of billRep. Vernon Ehlers (R-MI)NAxx

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HR 3255/9/07: Referred to Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary EducationStandards to Provide Educational Achievement for Kids (SPEAK) ActTo create or adopt, and implement, rigorous and voluntary American education content standards in mathematics and science covering kindergarten through grade 12, to provide for the assessment of student proficiency benchmarked against such standards, and for other purposes.Link to CRS overview of billRep. Vernon Ehlers (R-MI)S 224x

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HR 362Some provisions merged into America Competes 10,000 Teachers, 10 Million Minds Science and Math Scholarship ActTo authorize science scholarships for educating mathematics and science teachers, and for other purposes.Link to CRS overview of billRep. Bart Gordon (D-TN)NAxx

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HR 363Some provisions merged into America Competes Sowing the Seeds Through Science and Engineering Research ActTo authorize programs for support of the early career development of science and engineering researchers, and for support of graduate fellowships, and for other purposes.Link to CRS overview of billRep. Bart Gordon (D-TN)NAxx

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HR 5241/17/07: Referred to the House Committee on Science and Technology.To establish a laboratory science pilot program at the National Science Foundation.Requires the Director of the National Science Foundation (NSF) to establish a pilot program designated as "Partnerships for Access to Laboratory Science" to award grants to partnerships to improve laboratories and to provide instrumentation as part of a comprehensive program to enhance the quality of mathematics, science, engineering, and technology instruction at the secondary school level.Link to CRS overview of billRep. Ruben Hinojosa (D-TX)S 810

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HR 10516/6/07: Referred to Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions.National STEM Scholarship Database ActTo direct the Secretary of Education to establish and maintain a public website through which individuals may find a complete database of available scholarships, fellowships, and other programs of financial assistance in the study of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.Link to CRS overview of billRep. Rush Holt (D-NJ)S 2428x

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HR 16579/18/07: Referred to Committee on Commerce, Science, and TransportationTo establish a Science and Technology Scholarship Program to award scholarships to recruit and prepare students for careers in the National Weather Service and in National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration marine research, atmospheric research, and satellite programs.Same as title.Link to CRS overview of billRep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA)S 2164x

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HR 17284/5/07: Referred to Subcommittee on Research and Science Education.Climate Change Education ActA bill to authorize the National Science Foundation to establish a Climate Change Education Program.Link to CRS overview of billRep. Mike Honda (D-CA)S 1389x

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HR 2204Some provisions merged into NCLB reauthorization drafts, and partly into College Cost Reduction ActTeacher Excellence for All Children (TEACH) Act of 2007To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, the Higher Education Act of 1965, and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to improve recruitment, preparation, distribution, and retention of public elementary and secondary school teachers and principals, and for other purposes.Link to CRS overview of billRep. George Miller (D-CA)S 1339xx

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HR 22728/9/07: Signed by President, became PL 110-69America COMPETES ActTo invest in innovation through research and development, and to improve the competitiveness of the United States.Link to CRS overview of billRep. Bart Gordon (D-TN)S 761xx

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HR 24497/24/07: Referred to Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary EducationAchievement Through Technology and Innovation Act of 2007Alters the current program [Title II, Part D of NCLB] to require states to use a portion of their allotted funds to develop challenging academic content and achievement standards to ensure that students are technologically literate before the end of grade eight. Provides that such standards are only for tracking technological literacy and not for assessing adequate yearly progress (AYP) under title I. Permits technological literacy testing to be embedded in other state tests or performance-based assessments portfolios, or made through other valid and reliable means.Link to CRS overview of billRep. Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-CA)

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HR 276412/26/07: Signed by President, became PL 110-161Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2008Combined appropriations for all spending bills except Defense appropriations.NANANAxx

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HR 30367/12/07: Referred to House Committee on Education and LaborNo Child Left Inside Act of 2007To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 regarding environmental education, and for other purposes.Link to CRS overview of billRep. John Sarbanes (D-MD)S 1981x

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HR 30408/8/07: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide additional educational assistance under the Montgomery GI Bill to veterans pursuing a degree in science, technology, engineering, or math.Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to pay to each individual entitled to basic educational assistance under the Montgomery GI Bill and pursuing a program of education with a focus on science, technology, engineering, or math a lump-sum payment of $2,000 per academic year, or fraction thereof for enrollment lasting less than a year. Link to CRS overview of billRep. Zachary Space (D-OH)S 1719x

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HR 32429/19/07: Referred to Subcommittee on Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, and Competitiveness.The Strengthening America's Innovation and Competitiveness ActStrengthening America's Innovation and Competitiveness Act - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to authorize the Secretary of Education to award competitive grants to local educational agencies (LEAs) and public or private entities to recruit and train individuals outside of the elementary and secondary education system who have expertise in core academic subjects, particularly mathematics, science, and critical foreign languages, to serve as adjunct secondary school teachers of such subjects.Link to CRS overview of billRep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA)NAx

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HR 33139/19/07: Referred to Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.Improving Mathematics and Science Teacher Quality ActImproving Mathematics and Science Teacher Quality Act - Amends part B of title II of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) to authorize the inclusion of informal science education centers and business consortia as partners in the grant program to improve the quality of elementary and secondary school mathematics and science teachers. Requires the inclusion of teacher training departments of institutions of higher education in such partnerships, but removes state educational agencies as partnership participants. [More on Thomas]Link to CRS overview of billRep. Vernon Ehlers (R-MI)NAx

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HR 34288/24/07: Referred to Subcommittee on Research and Science EducationRural America Digital Accessibility Act Rural America Digital Accessibility Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Commerce to make grants or guarantee loans in order to facilitate the deployment by the private sector of broadband telecommunications networks and capabilities (including wireless and satellite services) to underserved rural areas. Limits to $100 million the total amount of such grants and loan guarantees.

Requires the Director of the National Science Foundation to research the enhancement or facilitation of broadband telecommunications services in rural and other remote areas, as well as Internet access through such services. 		Link to CRS overview of billRep. John McHugh (R-NY)NAx

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HR 34638/4/07: Referred to House Committee on Education and LaborTo amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to establish a partnership between the Department of Education and the National Park Service to provide educational opportunities for students and teachers.Same as title.Link to CRS overview of billRep. Rush Holt (D-NJ)S 2194x

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HR 351410/17/07: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and PensionsGender Bias Elimination Act of 2007To authorize workshops to eliminate gender bias for women in careers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, and for other purposes.Link to CRS overview of billRep. Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX)NAx

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HR 363110/17/07: Referred to Subcommittee on Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, and CompetitivenessRevolutionizing Education Through Digital Investment Act of 2007To authorize the establishment of a National Center for Learning Science and Technology Trust Fund.Link to CRS overview of billRep. John Yarmuth (D-KY)NAx

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HR 363410/23/07: Referred to Subcommittee on Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, and CompetitivenessStrategic Technology/Engineering Program (STEP) Act of 2007To establish and determine the eligibility of individuals for a loan forgiveness program for professional engineers in order to provide incentives for engineers currently employed and engineering students and other students pursuing or considering pursuing a degree in science, technology and engineering, and for the support of students pursing such secondary and postsecondary education.Link to CRS overview of billRep. Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO)NAx

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HR 363710/17/07: Referred to Subcommittee on Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, and CompetitivenessHigher Education Sustainability ActTo direct the Secretary of Education to provide grants to establish and evaluate sustainability programs, charged with developing and implementing integrated environmental, economic and social sustainability initiatives, and to direct the Secretary of Education to convene a summit of higher education experts in the area of sustainability.Link to CRS overview of billRep. Earl Blumenauer (D-OR)NAxx

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HR 395510/30/07: Referred to Subcommittee on Energy and EnvironmentScience Museum and National Laboratory Partnership Demonstration ActTo provide for educational partnerships between science museums and National Laboratories.Link to CRS overview of billRep. Daniel Lipinski (D-IL)NAx

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HR 413712/19/07: Placed on the Union Calendar (expected to come to House floor Jan. '08)College Opportunity and Affordability Act of 2007To amend and extend the Higher Education Act of 1965, and for other purposes.NARep. George Miller (D-CA)S 1642xx

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HR 415111/9/07: Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor; appears to have been wrapped into House HEA bill, HR 4137STEM Promotion Act of 2007To expand the public awareness of science, technology, engineering, and math and encourage Americans to study and enter those fields as a matter of strategic importance for the United States.NARep. Silvestre Reyes (D-TX)NAx

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