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H.R. 4452 119th Congress House

STEM RESTART Act

Official title: To amend the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act to create a new national program to support mid-career workers in reentering the STEM workforce, by provi… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act to create a new national program to support mid-career workers in reentering the STEM workforce, by providing funding to small- and medium-sized STEM businesses so the businesses can offer paid internships or other returnships that lead to positions above entry level.

Introduced: July 16, 2025 Introduced by: Chrissy Houlahan Democratic · Pennsylvania See on congress.gov
Labor and Employment
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Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
Jul 16, 2025
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Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • S 2306 Identical bill STEM RESTART Act
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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Lobbying activity 4

Registered lobbyists who named this bill in their disclosure filings. Source: federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filings.

  • WILLIAMS AND JENSEN, PLLC
    for IOWA CONFLUENCE WATER TRAILS (FORMERLY CENTRAL IOWA WATER TRAILS) · Iowa · 2nd Quarter 2026 (Apr 1 - June 30)
  • WILLIAMS AND JENSEN, PLLC
    for IOWA CONFLUENCE WATER TRAILS (FORMERLY CENTRAL IOWA WATER TRAILS) · Iowa · 1st Quarter 2026 (Jan 1 - Mar 31)
  • WILLIAMS AND JENSEN, PLLC
    for IOWA CONFLUENCE WATER TRAILS (FORMERLY CENTRAL IOWA WATER TRAILS) · Iowa · 4th Quarter 2025 (Oct 1 - Dec 31)
  • WILLIAMS AND JENSEN, PLLC
    for IOWA CONFLUENCE WATER TRAILS (FORMERLY CENTRAL IOWA WATER TRAILS) · Iowa · 3rd Quarter 2025 (July 1 - Sep 30)

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 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 1 Republican 2
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Dean, Madeleine
Pennsylvania · Feb 17, 2026
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Fitzpatrick, Brian K.
Pennsylvania · Oct 3, 2025
 R
Baird, James R.
Indiana · Jul 16, 2025
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4452: STEM RESTART Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-4452/
MLA
"H.R. 4452: STEM RESTART Act." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-4452/.
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H.R. 4452, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-4452/.
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[H.R. 4452: STEM RESTART Act](https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-4452/)
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