I 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2681 
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to establish the STEM 
Education and Training Account in order to enhance the economic com-
petitiveness of the United States by providing funding for STEM edu-
cation and training, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 4, 2015 
Ms. TITUS (for herself, Mrs. LAWRENCE, and Ms. BROWNLEY of California) 
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on the 
Judiciary and Science, Space, and Technology, for a period to be subse-
quently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to establish 
the STEM Education and Training Account in order 
to enhance the economic competitiveness of the United 
States by providing funding for STEM education and 
training, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Training Highly 
Skilled Americans Act of 2015’’. 
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SEC. 2. STEM EDUCATION AND TRAINING. 
(a) FEE.—Section 212(a)(5)(A) of the Immigration 
and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(5)(A)) is amended 
by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(v) FEE.—An employer shall submit, along with an 
application for a certification under this subparagraph, a 
fee of $1,000, which shall be deposited in the STEM Edu-
cation and Training Account established under section 
286(w).’’. 
(b) H–1B NONIMMIGRANT PETITIONER ACCOUNT.— 
Section 286(s) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
U.S.C. 1356(s)) is amended by striking paragraphs (3) 
and (4) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(3) LOW-INCOME
STEM
SCHOLARSHIP
PRO-
GRAM.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Thirty percent of the 
amounts deposited into the H–1B Non-
immigrant Petitioner Account shall remain 
available to the Director of the National Science 
Foundation until expended for scholarships de-
scribed in section 414(d) of the American Com-
petitiveness and Workforce Improvement Act of 
1998 (42 U.S.C. 1869c) for low-income stu-
dents enrolled in a program of study leading to 
a degree in science, technology, engineering, or 
mathematics. 
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‘‘(B) STEM EDUCATION FOR UNDERREP-
RESENTED.—The Director shall work in con-
sultation with, or direct scholarship funds 
through, national nonprofit organizations that 
primarily focus on science, technology, engineer-
ing, or mathematics education for underrep-
resented groups, such as women and minorities. 
‘‘(C) LOAN FORGIVENESS.—The Director 
may expend funds from the Account for pur-
poses of loan forgiveness or repayment of stu-
dent loans which led to a low-income student 
obtaining a degree in science, technology, engi-
neering, mathematics, or other high demand 
fields. 
‘‘(4) NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION GRANT 
PROGRAM FOR K–12 SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGI-
NEERING, AND MATHEMATICS EDUCATION.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—Ten percent of the 
amounts deposited into the H–1B Non-
immigrant Petitioner Account shall remain 
available to the Director of the National Science 
Foundation until expended to carry out a direct 
or matching grant program to support improve-
ment in K–12 education, including through pri-
vate-public partnerships. Grants awarded pur-
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suant to this paragraph shall include formula- 
based grants that target lower income popu-
lations with a focus on reaching women and mi-
norities. 
‘‘(B) TYPES
OF
PROGRAMS
COVERED.— 
The Director shall award grants to programs 
that— 
‘‘(i) support the development and im-
plementation of standards-based instruc-
tional materials models and related student 
assessments that enable K–12 students to 
acquire an understanding of science, tech-
nology, engineering, and mathematics, and 
to develop critical thinking skills; 
‘‘(ii) provide systemic improvement in 
training K–12 teachers and education for 
students in science, technology, engineer-
ing, and mathematics, including by sup-
porting efforts to promote gender-equality 
among students receiving such instruction; 
‘‘(iii) support the professional develop-
ment of K–12 science, technology, engi-
neering, and mathematics teachers in the 
use of technology in the classroom; 
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