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109TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5139 

To direct the Secretary of Education to establish and maintain a public 

website through which individuals may find a complete database of available scholarships, fellowships, and other programs of financial assistance 

in the study of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 6, 2006 

Mr. HOLT (for himself, Mr. WELDON of Pennsylvania, Ms. ZOE LOFGREN of 

California, Mr. PRICE of North Carolina, Ms. LEE, Mr. SMITH of Washington, Mr. CONYERS, Mr. OWENS, Mr. KENNEDY of Minnesota, Mr. 

EMANUEL, Mr. HINOJOSA, Mr. PAYNE, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. CAPUANO, 

Mr. MCDERMOTT, Mr. WOLF, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, and Mr. INSLEE) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce 

A BILL 

To direct the Secretary of Education to establish and maintain a public website through which individuals may find 

a complete database of available scholarships, fellowships, 

and other programs of financial assistance in the study 

of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. 

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 Scholarship 

5 Database Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. NATIONAL DATABASE ON FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE 

2 FOR STUDY OF SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, EN3 GINEERING, AND MATHEMATICS. 

4 (a) ESTABLISHMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF DATA5 BASE.— 

6 (1) DATABASE.—The Secretary of Education 

7 shall establish and maintain, on the public website 

8 of the Department of Education, a database con9 sisting of information on all scholarships, fellow10 ships, and other programs of financial assistance 

11 available from all public and private sources for the 

12 study of science, technology, engineering, or mathe13 matics at the post-secondary and post-baccalaureate 

14 levels. 

15 (2) PRESENTATION OF INFORMATION.—The in16 formation maintained on the database established 

17 under this section shall be displayed on the website 

18 in the following manner: 

19 (A) Separate information shall be provided 

20 for each of the fields of study referred to in 

21 paragraph (1) and for post-secondary and post22 baccalaureate programs of financial assistance. 

23 (B) The database shall provide specific in24 formation on any programs of financial assist25 ance which are targeted to individuals of a parVerDate Aug 31 2005 22:17 Apr 13, 2006 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5139.IH H5139

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1 ticular gender, ethnicity, or other demographic 

2 group. 

3 (C) If the sponsor of any program of fi4 nancial assistance included on the database 

5 maintains a public website, the database shall 

6 provide hyperlinks to the website. 

7 (D) In addition to providing the hyperlink 

8 to the website of a sponsor of a program of fi9 nancial assistance as required under subpara10 graph (C), the database shall provide general 

11 information that an interested person may use 

12 to contact the sponsor, including the sponsor’s 

13 electronic mail address. 

14 (E) The database shall have a search capa15 bility which permits an individual to search for 

16 information on the basis of each category of the 

17 information provided and on the basis of com18 binations of categories of the information pro19 vided. 

20 (b) DISSEMINATION OF INFORMATION ON DATA21 BASE.—The Secretary shall take such actions as may be 

22 necessary on an ongoing basis, including sending notices 

23 to secondary schools and institutions of higher education, 

24 to disseminate information on the database established 


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1 and maintained under this Act and to encourage its use 

2 by interested parties. 

3 (c) USE OF VENDOR TO OBTAIN INFORMATION.—In 

4 carrying out this Act, the Secretary of Education shall 

5 enter into a contract with a private entity under which 

6 the entity shall furnish and regularly update all of the in7 formation required to be maintained on the database es8 tablished under this section. 

9 SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

10 There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out 

11 this Act such sums as may be necessary for fiscal years 

12 2007 through 2011. 

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