US Congress House Bill 4222 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: Introduced on August 30 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-08-30 - Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Pending: House Education and Labor Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

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 and other Native American Pacific Islanders. Additionally, the bill authorizes grants under the program for the creation of new programs for the development of Native American STEM professionals.

Indigenous STEM Professional Development Act

Rep. Gregorio Sablan [D-MP]

Rep. Ed Case [D-HI]

Rep. Ro Khanna [D-CA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-08-30	House	Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
2019-08-30	House	Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1084-1085)
2019-08-30	House	Introduced in House

SB2037 (Related) 2019-06-27 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/4222/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr4222/BILLS-116hr4222ih.pdf