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Union Calendar No. 65 

111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1709 

[Report No. 111–130, Part I] 

To establish a committee under the National Science and Technology Council 

with the responsibility to coordinate science, technology, engineering, 

and mathematics education activities and programs of all Federal agencies, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 25, 2009 

Mr. GORDON of Tennessee (for himself, Mr. HALL of Texas, Mr. LIPINSKI, 

and Mr. EHLERS) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Science and Technology, and in addition to the Committee 

on Education and Labor, for a period to be subsequently determined by 

the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

JUNE 2, 2009 

Additional sponsors: Mr. HONDA, Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas, 

Mr. HOLT, Mrs. BIGGERT, Mr. COSTELLO, Mr. LUJA ́N, Mr. TONKO, Ms. 

FUDGE, Mr. SMITH of Nebraska, Mr. SMITH of Texas, Mr. MILLER of 

North Carolina, and Mr. MCINTYRE

JUNE 2, 2009 

Reported from the Committee on Science and Technology with an amendment 

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

JUNE 2, 2009 

Committee on Education and Labor discharged; committed to the Committee 

of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed 


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A BILL 

To establish a committee under the National Science and 

Technology Council with the responsibility to coordinate 

science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education activities and programs of all Federal agencies, 

and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘STEM Education Co5 ordination Act of 2009’’. 

6 SEC. 2. DEFINITION. 

7 In this Act, the term ‘‘STEM’’ means science, tech8 nology, engineering, and mathematics. 

9 SEC. 3. COORDINATION OF FEDERAL STEM EDUCATION. 

10 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Director of the Office of 

11 Science and Technology Policy shall establish a committee 

12 under the National Science and Technology Council with 

13 the responsibility to coordinate Federal programs and ac14 tivities in support of STEM education, including at the 

15 National Science Foundation, the Department of Energy, 

16 the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the 

17 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the 

18 Department of Education, and all other Federal agencies 

19 that have programs and activities in support of STEM 

20 education. 


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1 (b) RESPONSIBILITIES.—The committee established 

2 under subsection (a) shall— 

3 (1) coordinate the STEM education activities 

4 and programs of the Federal agencies; 

5 (2) develop, implement through the partici6 pating agencies, and update once every 5 years a 5- 

7 year STEM education strategic plan, which shall— 

8 (A) specify and prioritize annual and long9 term objectives; 

10 (B) specify the metrics which will be used 

11 to assess progress toward achieving the objec12 tives; 

13 (C) describe the approaches that will be 

14 taken by each participating agency to assess the 

15 effectiveness of its STEM education programs 

16 and activities; and 

17 (D) with respect to subparagraph (A), de18 scribe the role of each agency in supporting 

19 programs and activities designed to achieve the 

20 objectives; and 

21 (3) establish, periodically update, and maintain 

22 an inventory of federally sponsored STEM education 

23 programs and activities, including documentation of 

24 assessments of the effectiveness of such programs 

25 and activities. 


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1 (c) REPORT.—The Director of the Office of Science 

2 and Technology Policy shall transmit a report annually to 

3 Congress at the time of the President’s budget request de4 scribing the plan required under subsection (b)(2). The 

5 annual report shall include— 

6 (1) a description of the STEM education pro7 grams and activities for the previous and current fis8 cal years, and the proposed programs and activities 

9 under the President’s budget request, of each par10 ticipating Federal agency; 

11 (2) the levels of funding for each participating 

12 Federal agency for the programs and activities de13 scribed under paragraph (1) for the previous fiscal 

14 year and under the President’s budget request; and 

15 (3) except for the initial annual report, a de16 scription of the progress made in carrying out the 

17 implementation plan and any changes made to that 

18 plan since the previous annual report. 

19 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

20 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘STEM Education Co21 ordination Act of 2009’’. 

22 SEC. 2. DEFINITION. 

23 In this Act, the term ‘‘STEM’’ means science, tech24 nology, engineering, and mathematics. 


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1 SEC. 3. COORDINATION OF FEDERAL STEM EDUCATION. 

2 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Director of the Office of 

3 Science and Technology Policy shall establish a committee 

4 under the National Science and Technology Council with 

5 the responsibility to coordinate Federal programs and ac6 tivities in support of STEM education, including at the Na7 tional Science Foundation, the Department of Energy, the 

8 National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the Na9 tional Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the De10 partment of Education, and all other Federal agencies that 

11 have programs and activities in support of STEM edu12 cation. 

13 (b) RESPONSIBILITIES.—The committee established 

14 under subsection (a) shall— 

15 (1) coordinate the STEM education activities 

16 and programs of the Federal agencies; 

17 (2) develop, implement through the participating 

18 agencies, and update once every 5 years a 5-year 

19 STEM education strategic plan, which shall— 

20 (A) specify and prioritize annual and long21 term objectives; 

22 (B) specify the common metrics that will be 

23 used to assess progress toward achieving the ob24 jectives; 

25 (C) describe the approaches that will be 

26 taken by each participating agency to assess the 


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1 effectiveness of its STEM education programs 

2 and activities; and 

3 (D) with respect to subparagraph (A), de4 scribe the role of each agency in supporting pro5 grams and activities designed to achieve the ob6 jectives; and 

7 (3) establish, periodically update, and maintain 

8 an inventory of federally sponsored STEM education 

9 programs and activities, including documentation of 

10 assessments of the effectiveness of such programs and 

11 activities and rates of participation by underrep12 resented minorities in such programs and activities. 

13 (c) RESPONSIBILITIES OF OSTP.—The Director of the 

14 Office of Science and Technology Policy shall encourage and 

15 monitor the efforts of the participating agencies to ensure 

16 that the strategic plan under subsection (b)(2) is developed 

17 and executed effectively and that the objectives of the stra18 tegic plan are met. 

19 (d) REPORT.—The Director of the Office of Science 

20 and Technology Policy shall transmit a report annually to 

21 Congress at the time of the President’s budget request de22 scribing the plan required under subsection (b)(2). The an23 nual report shall include— 

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1 cal years, and the proposed programs and activities 

2 under the President’s budget request, of each partici3 pating Federal agency; 

4 (2) the levels of funding for each participating 

5 Federal agency for the programs and activities de6 scribed under paragraph (1) for the previous fiscal 

7 year and under the President’s budget request; 

8 (3) except for the initial annual report, a de9 scription of the progress made in carrying out the im10 plementation plan, including a description of the out11 come of any program assessments completed in the 

12 previous year, and any changes made to that plan 

13 since the previous annual report; and 

14 (4) a description of how the participating Fed15 eral agencies will disseminate information about fed16 erally supported resources for STEM education prac17 titioners, including teacher professional development 

18 programs, to States and to STEM education practi19 tioners, including to teachers and administrators in 

20 schools that meet the criteria described in subsection 

21 (c)(1) (A) and (B) of section 3175 of the Department 

22 of Energy Science Education Enhancement Act (42 

23 U.S.C. 7381j(c)(1) (A) and (B)). 


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Union Calendar No. 65 

111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1709 

[Report No. 111–130, Part I] 

A BILL 

To establish a committee under the National 

other purposes. and programs of all Federal agencies, and for neering, and mathematics education activities sibility to coordinate science, technology, engiScience and Technology Council with the responJUNE 2, 2009 

Reported from the Committee on Science and Technology 

with an amendment 

JUNE 2, 2009 

Committee on Education and Labor discharged; comState of the Union and ordered to be printed mitted to the Committee of the Whole House on the 


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