HR 4745
117th Congress
House
Education
Grace Hopper Code for Us Act
Introduced: July 28, 2021
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Became law
Jul 28, 2021
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Jul 28, 2021
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Grace Hopper Code for Us Act
This bill establishes a program through which the Department of Education must award grants to institutions of higher education (IHEs) to develop and implement courses of instruction related to critical legacy computer languages (e.g., COBOL, Assembly, and PL/I).
In addition, the Government Accountability Office must report on the critical legacy computer languages that (1) are used by the federal government, and (2) are not commonly taught in a course at an IHE.
What's happening now
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
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