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110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1051 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JUNE 7, 2007 

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

Labor, and Pensions 

AN ACT 

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. 


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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 ‘‘National STEM Schol5 arship Database Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. NATIONAL DATABASE ON FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE 

7 FOR STUDY OF SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, EN8 GINEERING, AND MATHEMATICS. 

9 (a) ESTABLISHMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF DATA10 BASE.— 

11 (1) DATABASE.—The Secretary of Education 

12 shall establish and maintain, on the public website 

13 of the Department of Education, a database con14 sisting of information on scholarships, fellowships, 

15 and other programs of financial assistance available 

16 from public and private sources for the study of 

17 science, technology, engineering, or mathematics at 

18 the post-secondary and post-baccalaureate levels. 

19 (2) PRESENTATION OF INFORMATION.—The in20 formation maintained on the database established 

21 under this section shall be displayed on the website 

22 in the following manner: 

23 (A) Separate information shall be provided 

24 for each of the fields of study referred to in 


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1 paragraph (1) and for post-secondary and post2 baccalaureate programs of financial assistance. 

3 (B) The database shall provide specific in4 formation on any programs of financial assist5 ance which are targeted to individuals of a par6 ticular gender, ethnicity, or other demographic 

7 group. 

8 (C) If the sponsor of any program of fi9 nancial assistance included on the database 

10 maintains a public website, the database shall 

11 provide hyperlinks to the website. 

12 (D) In addition to providing the hyperlink 

13 to the website of a sponsor of a program of fi14 nancial assistance as required under subpara15 graph (C), the database shall provide general 

16 information that an interested person may use 

17 to contact the sponsor, including the sponsor’s 

18 electronic mail address. 

19 (E) The database shall have a search capa20 bility which permits an individual to search for 

21 information on the basis of each category of the 

22 information provided and on the basis of com23 binations of categories of the information pro24 vided, including whether the scholarship is 


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1 need- or merit-based and by relevant academic 

2 majors. 

3 (F) The database shall include a rec4 ommendation that students and families should 

5 carefully review all of the application require6 ments prior to applying for aid, and a dis7 claimer that the scholarships presented in the 

8 database are not provided or endorsed by the 

9 Department of Education or the Federal Gov10 ernment. 

11 (b) DISSEMINATION OF INFORMATION ON DATA12 BASE.—The Secretary shall take such actions as may be 

13 necessary on an ongoing basis, including sending notices 

14 to secondary schools and institutions of higher education, 

15 to disseminate information on the database established 

16 and maintained under this Act and to encourage its use 

17 by interested parties. 

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

19 carrying out this Act, the Secretary of Education shall 

20 enter into a contract with a private entity under which 

21 the entity shall furnish and regularly update all of the in22 formation required to be maintained on the database es23 tablished under this section. 

24 (d) ENCOURAGING THE PROVISION OF INFORMA25 TION.—In carrying out this Act, the Secretary of EduVerDate Aug 31 2005 09:51 Jul 18, 2007 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1051.RFS H1051

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1 cation and the contracted entity shall consult with public 

2 and private sources of scholarships and make easily avail3 able a process for such entities to provide regular and up4 dated information. 

5 SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

6 There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out 

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

8 2008 through 2012. 

Passed the House of Representatives June 6, 2007. 

Attest: LORRAINE C. MILLER, 

Clerk. 

By DEBORAH M. SPRIGGS, 

Deputy Clerk. 


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