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S 2037 116th Congress Senate Native Americans Alaska Natives and Hawaiians Education programs funding Higher education Indian social and development programs Minority education Science and engineering education

Building Indigenous STEM Professionals Act

Introduced: June 27, 2019 Introduced by: Murkowski, Lisa Republican · Alaska See on congress.gov
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Jun 27, 2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Jun 27, 2019
Introduced in Senate
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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.

What's happening now June 27, 2019

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

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 4222 Related bill Indigenous STEM Professional Development Act
 Bill text 1 version

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All 2 Democratic 2
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Heinrich, Martin
New Mexico · Dec 18, 2019
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Schatz, Brian
Hawaii · Jun 27, 2019
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2037: Building Indigenous STEM Professionals Act. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-2037/
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"S. 2037: Building Indigenous STEM Professionals Act." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-2037/.
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S. 2037, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-2037/.
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