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16-HR4803 on Mar 17, 2016

Grant program to increase the participation of women and underrepresented minorities in STEM fields. Congress finds the following:
• STEM education at the undergraduate level is vital to developing a workforce that will allow the US to remain the leader in the 21st century global economy.
• Women and minorities comprise over half of the US workforce but only make up 26% of STEM workers.
• Approximately 52% of women and minorities in STEM fields quit their jobs about 10 years into their careers.
• It is important for gender equality to increase the retention of women in STEM fields, as women in STEM careers earn 33% more than those in non-STEM jobs, and have a smaller wage gap relative to men.
• The US should address the need to increase the number of individuals from underrepresented minority segments of the population who work in engineering.
• Women and underrepresented minorities leave the STEM fields at higher rates than their counterparts, leading to a need to develop resources to retain these groups in the STEM fields.
• An eligible entity that receives a grant under this section shall use such grant funds to carry out one or more of the following activities designed to increase the participation of women or minorities underrepresented in science and engineering:
  1. Online workshops.
  2. 2) Mentoring programs that partner STEM professionals with students.
  3. Internships for undergraduate and graduate students in the STEM fields.
  4. Conducting outreach programs that provide elementary school and secondary school students with opportunities to increase their exposure to STEM fields.
  5. Programs to increase the recruitment and retention of underrepresented faculty.
  Also see the related Senate bill S.2710

  Updated with H.R.2709 - Women and Minorities in STEM Booster Act of 2017

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  Participating counts on VoteMatch question 2. Question 2: Legally require hiring women & minorities Scores: -2=Strongly oppose; -1=Oppose; 0=neutral; 1=Support; 2=Strongly support.
  • Topic: Education
  • Headline: Recruit women & minorities for STEM teaching (Score: 2)
  • Headline 2: Recruit women & minorities for STEM teaching (Score: 2)
    
    
  • Key for participation codes:
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  • Memberships: c=chair; m=member; e=endorsed; f=profiled; s=scored
  • Resolutions: i=introduced; w=wrote; a=adopted
  • Cases: w=wrote; j=joined; d=dissented; c=concurred
  • Surveys: '+' supports; '-' opposes.
  
  
  

  Democrats participating in 16-HR4803
  Matt Cartwright	s1o	Pennsylvania Democrat	Mar 17, 2016
  Judy Chu	s1o	California Democrat	Mar 17, 2016
  Katherine Clark	s1o	Massachusetts Democrat	Mar 17, 2016
  Mark DeSaulnier	s1o	California Democratic House Member	Mar 17, 2016
  Donna Edwards	s1o	Maryland Democrat (retiring 2016)	Mar 17, 2016
  Anna Eshoo	s1o	California Democrat	Oct 23, 2018
  Chaka Fattah	s1o	Pennsylvania Democrat	Mar 17, 2016
  Bill Foster	s1o	Illinois Democrat	Mar 17, 2016
  Ruben Gallego	s1o	Arizona Democratic House Member	Mar 17, 2016
  Luis Gutierrez	s1o	Illinois Democrat	Mar 17, 2016
  Alcee Hastings	s1o	Florida Democrat	Mar 17, 2016
  Sheila Jackson Lee	s1o	Texas Democrat	Mar 17, 2016
  Derek Kilmer	s1o	Washington Democrat	Mar 23, 2016
  Annie Kuster	s1o	New Hampshire Democrat	Mar 17, 2016
  James Langevin	s1o	Rhode Island Democrat	Mar 17, 2016
  Rick Larsen	s1o	Washington Democrat	Mar 17, 2016
  Carolyn Maloney	s2p	New York Democrat/Liberal	May 25, 2017
  Gregory Meeks	s1o	New York Dem./Working-Families	May 25, 2017
  Eleanor Holmes Norton	s1o	District of Columbia Democrat	Mar 17, 2016
  Bill Pascrell	s1o	New Jersey Democrat	Mar 17, 2016
  Charles Rangel	s1o	New York Dem./Lib. (retiring 2016)	Mar 17, 2016
  Dutch Ruppersberger	s1o	Maryland Democrat	Mar 17, 2016
  Tim Ryan	s1o	Ohio Democrat	Mar 17, 2016
  Mark Takano	s1o	California Democrat	Mar 17, 2016
  Frederica Wilson	s1o	Florida Democrat	Jun 12, 2018

  
  
  

  Republicans participating in 16-HR4803

  
  
  

  Independents participating in 16-HR4803
  Madeleine Bordallo	s1o	Guam Delegate	Mar 17, 2016

  
  
  

  Total recorded by OnTheIssues:

  Democrats: 25 Republicans: 0 Independents: 1