HR 3397
115th Congress
House
Science, Technology, Communications
Computers and information technology
Education programs funding
Educational technology and distance education
Elementary and secondary education
Family relationships
Higher education
Preschool education
Science and engineering education
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
Student aid and college costs
Teaching, teachers, curricula
Women's education
Building Blocks of STEM Act
Everywhere this bill has been
13 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Feb 14, 2018
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Feb 13, 2018
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Feb 13, 2018
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H1097-1098)
Feb 13, 2018
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H1097-1098)
Feb 13, 2018
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 3397.
Feb 13, 2018
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H1097-1100)
Feb 13, 2018
Mr. Knight moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Feb 13, 2018
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 420.
Feb 13, 2018
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology. H. Rept. 115-558.
Nov 15, 2017
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Nov 15, 2017
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Jul 25, 2017
Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
Jul 25, 2017
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Building Blocks of STEM Act
This bill instructs the National Science Foundation, when awarding grants under the Discovery Research PreK-12 program, to consider age distribution in order to more equitably allocate funding for research studies with a focus on early childhood.
What's happening now
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Committees of jurisdiction
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