IIB 

113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5031 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JULY 15, 2014 

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, 

Labor, and Pensions 

AN ACT 

To define STEM education to include computer science, and 

to support existing STEM education programs at the 

National Science Foundation. 

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 ‘‘STEM Education Act 

3 of 2014’’. 

4 SEC. 2. DEFINITION OF STEM EDUCATION. 

5 For purposes of carrying out STEM education activi6 ties at the National Science Foundation, the Department 

7 of Energy, the National Aeronautics and Space Adminis8 tration, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Adminis9 tration, the National Institute of Standards and Tech10 nology, and the Environmental Protection Agency, the 

11 term ‘‘STEM education’’ means education in the subjects 

12 of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, in13 cluding other academic subjects that build on these dis14 ciplines such as computer science. 

15 SEC. 3. INFORMAL STEM EDUCATION. 

16 (a) GRANTS.—The Director of the National Science 

17 Foundation, through the Directorate for Education and 

18 Human Resources, shall continue to award competitive, 

19 merit-reviewed grants to support— 

20 (1) research and development of innovative out21 of-school STEM learning and emerging STEM 

22 learning environments in order to improve STEM 

23 learning outcomes and engagement in STEM; and 

24 (2) research that advances the field of informal 

25 STEM education. 


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1 (b) USES OF FUNDS.—Activities supported by grants 

2 under this section may encompass a single STEM dis3 cipline, multiple STEM disciplines, or integrative STEM 

4 initiatives and shall include— 

5 (1) research and development that improves our 

6 understanding of learning and engagement in infor7 mal environments, including the role of informal en8 vironments in broadening participation in STEM; 

9 and 

10 (2) design and testing of innovative STEM 

11 learning models, programs, and other resources for 

12 informal learning environments to improve STEM 

13 learning outcomes and increase engagement for K– 

14 12 students, K–12 teachers, and the general public, 

15 including design and testing of the scalability of 

16 models, programs, and other resources. 

17 SEC. 4. NOYCE SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM AMENDMENTS. 

18 (a) AMENDMENTS.—Section 10A of the National 

19 Science Foundation Authorization Act of 2002 (42 U.S.C. 

20 1862n–1a) is amended— 

21 (1) in subsection (a)(2)(B), by inserting ‘‘or 

22 bachelor’s’’ after ‘‘master’s’’; 

23 (2) in subsection (c)— 

24 (A) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of para25 graph (2)(B); 


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1 (B) in paragraph (3)— 

2 (i) by inserting ‘‘for teachers with 

3 master’s degrees in their field’’ after 

4 ‘‘Teaching Fellowships’’; and 

5 (ii) by striking the period at the end 

6 of subparagraph (B) and inserting ‘‘; 

7 and’’; and 

8 (C) by adding at the end the following new 

9 paragraph: 

10 ‘‘(4) in the case of National Science Foundation 

11 Master Teaching Fellowships for teachers with bach12 elor’s degrees in their field and working toward a 

13 master’s degree— 

14 ‘‘(A) offering academic courses leading to 

15 a master’s degree and leadership training to 

16 prepare individuals to become master teachers 

17 in elementary and secondary schools; and 

18 ‘‘(B) offering programs both during and 

19 after matriculation in the program for which 

20 the fellowship is received to enable fellows to 

21 become highly effective mathematics and 

22 science teachers, including mentoring, training, 

23 induction, and professional development activi24 ties, to fulfill the service requirements of this 

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1 section (e), and to exchange ideas with others 

2 in their fields.’’; 

3 (3) in subsection (e), by striking ‘‘subsection 

4 (g)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (h)’’; 

5 (4) by redesignating subsections (g) through (i) 

6 as subsections (h) through (j), respectively; and 

7 (5) by inserting after subsection (f) the fol8 lowing new subsection: 

9 ‘‘(g) SUPPORT FOR MASTER TEACHING FELLOWS

10 WHILE ENROLLED IN A MASTER’S DEGREE PROGRAM.— 

11 A National Science Foundation Master Teacher Fellow 

12 may receive a maximum of 1 year of fellowship support 

13 while enrolled in a master’s degree program as described 

14 in subsection (c)(4)(A), except that if such fellow is en15 rolled in a part-time program, such amount shall be pro16 rated according to the length of the program.’’. 

17 (b) DEFINITION.—Section 10(i)(5) of the National 

18 Science Foundation Authorization Act of 2002 (42 U.S.C. 

19 1862n–1(i)(5)) is amended by inserting ‘‘computer 

20 science,’’ after ‘‘means a science,’’. 

Passed the House of Representatives July 14, 2014. 

Attest: KAREN L. HAAS, 

Clerk. 


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