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HR 1591 116th Congress House Education Education programs funding Elementary and secondary education Family relationships Minority education Minority employment Science and engineering education Teaching, teachers, curricula Women's education

21st Century STEM for Girls and Underrepresented Minorities Act

Introduced: September 11, 2020 Introduced by: Beatty, Joyce Democratic · Ohio See on congress.gov
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Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Mar 7, 2019
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21st Century STEM for Girls and Underrepresented Minorities Act

This bill directs the Department of Education to make grants to local educational agencies to pay the costs of carrying out STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) education activities for girls and underrepresented minorities.

What's happening now March 7, 2019

Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.

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 Cosponsors 14
All 14 Democratic 13
Maloney, Sean
· Sep 11, 2020
 D
Foster, Bill
Illinois · Apr 17, 2020
 D
Lynch, Stephen F.
Massachusetts · Apr 17, 2020
 D
Khanna, Ro
California · Aug 23, 2019
 D
Smith, Adam
Washington · May 17, 2019
 D
Raskin, Jamie
Maryland · Apr 9, 2019
 D
Davis, Danny K.
Illinois · Apr 3, 2019
 D
García, Jesús G. "Chuy"
Illinois · Apr 3, 2019
 D
Pressley, Ayanna
Massachusetts · Apr 3, 2019
 D
Cisneros, Gilbert Ray
California · Mar 18, 2019
 D
Clarke, Yvette D.
New York · Mar 18, 2019
 D
Himes, James A.
Connecticut · Mar 18, 2019
 D
Moore, Gwen
Wisconsin · Mar 18, 2019
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Mar 18, 2019
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1591: 21st Century STEM for Girls and Underrepresented Minorities Act. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-1591/
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"H.R. 1591: 21st Century STEM for Girls and Underrepresented Minorities Act." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-1591/.
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