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Building Blocks of STEM Act

Introduced: July 25, 2017 Introduced by: Rosen, Jacky Democratic · Nevada See on congress.gov
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 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
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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 February 14, 2018

Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • S 3471 Related bill Building Blocks of STEM Act
 Bill text 4 versions

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 18
All 18 Democratic 16
D
Bera, Ami
California · Feb 13, 2018
Faso, John
· Feb 13, 2018
 D
Jayapal, Pramila
Washington · Feb 13, 2018
 D
Larsen, Rick
Washington · Jan 11, 2018
 D
Quigley, Mike
Illinois · Dec 12, 2017
 D
Lofgren, Zoe
California · Dec 7, 2017
 D
Khanna, Ro
California · Nov 30, 2017
 D
Lieu, Ted
California · Nov 30, 2017
 D
Foster, Bill
Illinois · Nov 21, 2017
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Nov 13, 2017
 D
Peters, Scott H.
California · Oct 3, 2017
 D
Takano, Mark
California · Sep 14, 2017
 D
Beyer, Donald S.
Virginia · Jul 25, 2017
 D
Evans, Dwight
Pennsylvania · Jul 25, 2017
Knight, Stephen
· Jul 25, 2017
 D
Meeks, Gregory W.
New York · Jul 25, 2017
 D
Soto, Darren
Florida · Jul 25, 2017
 D
Tonko, Paul
New York · Jul 25, 2017
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3397: Building Blocks of STEM Act. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-3397/
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"H.R. 3397: Building Blocks of STEM Act." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-3397/.
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H.R. 3397, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-3397/.
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