HR 4375 · 115th Congress · Science, Technology, Communications

STEM Research and Education Effectiveness and Transparency Act

Introduced 2017-11-13· Sponsored by Rep. Comstock, Barbara [R-VA-10]· House

Bill Progress

Introduced
Committee
House Vote
4
Senate
5
Enacted
Latest: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.(2017-12-20)

Recorded Votes

PassedHouse · 2017-12-18
Roll #686
Yea 376Nay 9
Democrats
168 Yea·0 Nay
Republicans
208 Yea·9 Nay
PassedHouse · 2017-12-18
Roll #686
Yea 376Nay 9
Democrats
168 Yea·0 Nay
Republicans
208 Yea·9 Nay

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[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] STEM Research and Education Effectiveness and Transparency Act This bill directs the National Science Foundation (NSF) to report on the effectiveness of all NSF research and education programs intended to broaden the participation of women and other historically underrepresented individuals in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics disciplines and careers. Each federal agency that expended at least $100 million on research and development in FY2017 shall annually submit to the NSF standardized record-level information on demographics, primary field, award type, review rating, budget request, funding outcome, and awarded budget for all applications for merit-reviewed research and development grants to institutions of higher education and federal laboratories. The first submission must include comparable record-level data for the five previous years. The NSF shall publish statistical summaries of the data in conjunction with the required biennial reports on the participation of men and women in scientific and engineering positions.…

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H.R. 4375, STEM Research and Education Effectiveness and Transparency Act

Dec 19, 2017

As ordered reported by the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology on November 15, 2017

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Cosponsors (5)

3 Democrats2 Republicans