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114TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4755 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

APRIL 4, 2016 

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, 

and Transportation 

AN ACT 

To inspire women to enter the aerospace field, including 

science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, 

through mentorship and outreach. 

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


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Inspiring the Next 

3 Space Pioneers, Innovators, Researchers, and Explorers 

4 (INSPIRE) Women Act’’. 

5 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

6 The Congress finds that— 

7 (1) NASA GIRLS and NASA BOYS are virtual 

8 mentoring programs using commercially available 

9 video chat programs to pair National Aeronautics 

10 and Space Administration mentors with young stu11 dents anywhere in the country. NASA GIRLS and 

12 NASA BOYS give young students the opportunity to 

13 interact and learn from real engineers, scientists, 

14 and technologists. 

15 (2) The Aspire to Inspire (A2I) program en16 gages young girls to present science, technology, en17 gineering, and mathematics (STEM) career opportu18 nities through the real lives and jobs of early career 

19 women at NASA. 

20 (3) The Summer Institute in Science, Tech21 nology, Engineering, and Research (SISTER) pro22 gram at the Goddard Space Flight Center is de23 signed to increase awareness of, and provide an op24 portunity for, female middle school students to be 

25 exposed to and explore nontraditional career fields 

26 with Goddard Space Flight Center women engineers, 


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1 mathematicians, scientists, technicians, and re2 searchers. 

3 SEC. 3. SUPPORTING WOMEN’S INVOLVEMENT IN THE 

4 FIELDS OF AEROSPACE AND SPACE EXPLO5 RATION. 

6 The Administrator of the National Aeronautics and 

7 Space Administration shall encourage women and girls to 

8 study science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, 

9 pursue careers in aerospace, and further advance the Na10 tion’s space science and exploration efforts through sup11 port of the following initiatives: 

12 (1) NASA GIRLS and NASA BOYS. 

13 (2) Aspire to Inspire. 

14 (3) Summer Institute in Science, Technology, 

15 Engineering, and Research. 

16 SEC. 4. PLAN. 

17 Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment 

18 of this Act, the Administrator shall submit to the Com19 mittee on Science, Space, and Technology of the House 

20 of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, 

21 Science, and Transportation of the Senate a plan for how 

22 NASA can best facilitate and support both current and 

23 retired astronauts, scientists, engineers, and innovators, 

24 including early career female astronauts, scientists, engi25 neers, and innovators, to engage with K–12 female STEM 


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1 students and inspire the next generation of women to con2 sider participating in the fields of science, technology, en3 gineering, and mathematics and to pursue careers in aero4 space. This plan shall— 

5 (1) report on existing activities with current 

6 and retired NASA astronauts, scientists, engineers, 

7 and innovators; 

8 (2) identify how NASA could best leverage ex9 isting authorities to facilitate and support current 

10 and retired astronaut, scientist, engineer, and inno11 vator participation in NASA outreach efforts; 

12 (3) propose and describe a program specific to 

13 retired astronauts, scientists, engineers, and 

14 innovators; and 

15 (4) identify any additional authorities necessary 

16 to institute such a program. 

Passed the House of Representatives March 22, 

2016. 

Attest: KAREN L. HAAS, 

Clerk. 


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