Building Indigenous STEM Professionals Act

Summary

Building Indigenous STEM Professionals Act This bill expands the grant program for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) programs that benefit Native American students. Under current law, this program only applies to programs that benefit Alaska Natives and Native Hawaiians. The bill expands grant eligibility to include programs that benefit American Indians. Additionally, the bill authorizes grants under the program for the creation of new programs for the development of Native American STEM professionals. The bill also revises how programs are prioritized for awarding grants. The bill gives priority to programs in which 70% or more of the participants are Native Americans.

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Timeline

1. 27 June 2019

   Introduced

   Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 27 June 2019

   Introduced

   Introduced in Senate

   Source: IntroReferral

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Versions

• Introduced in Senate · 27 June 2019 · Official file

Documents

3 official files

• Introduced in Senate (text)

  Introduced in Senate · EN · 27 June 2019

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• Introduced in Senate (PDF)

  Introduced in Senate · EN · 27 June 2019

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• Introduced in Senate

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Sponsors

• Lisa Murkowski · R · Sponsor
• Brian Schatz · D · Sponsor
• Martin Heinrich · D · Cosponsor
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Related records

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