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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 4222 

To amend the STEM education program for American Indian, Alaska Native, 

and Native Hawaiian students under the Higher Education Act of 1965. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

AUGUST 30, 2019 

Mr. SABLAN (for himself and Mr. CASE) introduced the following bill; which 

was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor 

A BILL 

To amend the STEM education program for American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian students 

under the Higher Education Act of 1965. 

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 ‘‘Indigenous STEM 

5 Professional Development Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. IMPROVING SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, 

2 AND MATHEMATICS EDUCATION WITH A 

3 FOCUS ON AMERICAN INDIAN, ALASKA NA4 TIVE, AND NATIVE HAWAIIAN STUDENTS. 

5 Section 819 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 

6 U.S.C. 1161j) is amended— 

7 (1) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘ALAS8 KA NATIVE AND NATIVE HAWAIIAN’’ and insert9 ing ‘‘NATIVE AMERICAN’’; 

10 (2) in subsection (a)(2), by striking ‘‘Alaska 

11 Natives and Native Hawaiians’’ and inserting 

12 ‘‘American Indians, Alaska Natives, Native Hawai13 ians and other Native American Pacific Islanders to 

14 enable them to succeed in these fields’’; 

15 (3) in subsection (b)— 

16 (A) by redesignating paragraphs (1), (2), 

17 (3), and (4), as paragraphs (2), (4), (5), and 

18 (6), respectively; 

19 (B) by inserting before paragraph (2), as 

20 redesignated by subparagraph (A), the fol21 lowing: 

22 ‘‘(1) NATIVE AMERICAN.—The term ‘Native 

23 American’ includes Alaska Natives, American Indi24 ans, Native Hawaiians and Native American Pacific 

25 Islanders.’’; and 


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1 (C) by inserting after paragraph (2), as re2 designated by subparagraph (A), the following: 

3 ‘‘(3) AMERICAN INDIAN.—The term ‘American 

4 Indian’ has the meaning given the term ‘Indian’ in 

5 section 202 of the Indian Land Consolidation Act 

6 (25 U.S.C. 2201).’’; 

7 (4) in subsection (c)— 

8 (A) by inserting ‘‘create or’’ after ‘‘to en9 able the eligible partnership to’’; 

10 (B) by inserting ‘‘Native American’’ after 

11 ‘‘the development of’’; and 

12 (C) by striking ‘‘, including existing pro13 grams for Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian 

14 students’’; 

15 (5) in subsection (d)— 

16 (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘Alaska 

17 Native or Native Hawaiian students’’ and in18 serting ‘‘programs that serve Native American 

19 students’’; 

20 (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘Alaska 

21 Native and Native Hawaiian students’’ and in22 serting ‘‘programs that serve Native American 

23 students’’; and 


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1 (C) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘Alaska 

2 Native or Native Hawaiian students’’ and in3 serting ‘‘Native American students’’; 

4 (6) in subsection (f), by striking ‘‘30 percent or 

5 more of the program participants are Alaska Native 

6 or Native Hawaiian’’ and inserting ‘‘30 percent or 

7 more of the program participants are Native Amer8 ican’’; and 

9 (7) in subsection (i), by striking ‘‘to carry out 

10 this section such sums as may be necessary for fiscal 

11 year 2009 and each of the five succeeding fiscal 

12 years’’ and inserting ‘‘$5,000,000 for fiscal year 

13 2020 and each of the 5 succeeding fiscal years’’. 

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