110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1051 
AN ACT 
To direct the Secretary of Education to establish and main-
tain 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.
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 ‘‘National STEM Schol-
arship Database Act’’. 
SEC. 2. NATIONAL DATABASE ON FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE 
FOR STUDY OF SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, EN-
GINEERING, AND MATHEMATICS. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF DATA-
BASE.— 
(1) DATABASE.—The Secretary of Education 
shall establish and maintain, on the public website 
of the Department of Education, a database con-
sisting of information on scholarships, fellowships, 
and other programs of financial assistance available 
from public and private sources for the study of 
science, technology, engineering, or mathematics at 
the post-secondary and post-baccalaureate levels. 
(2) PRESENTATION OF INFORMATION.—The in-
formation maintained on the database established 
under this section shall be displayed on the website 
in the following manner: 
(A) Separate information shall be provided 
for each of the fields of study referred to in
paragraph (1) and for post-secondary and post- 
baccalaureate programs of financial assistance. 
(B) The database shall provide specific in-
formation on any programs of financial assist-
ance which are targeted to individuals of a par-
ticular gender, ethnicity, or other demographic 
group. 
(C) If the sponsor of any program of fi-
nancial assistance included on the database 
maintains a public website, the database shall 
provide hyperlinks to the website. 
(D) In addition to providing the hyperlink 
to the website of a sponsor of a program of fi-
nancial assistance as required under subpara-
graph (C), the database shall provide general 
information that an interested person may use 
to contact the sponsor, including the sponsor’s 
electronic mail address. 
(E) The database shall have a search capa-
bility which permits an individual to search for 
information on the basis of each category of the 
information provided and on the basis of com-
binations of categories of the information pro-
vided, including whether the scholarship is
need- or merit-based and by relevant academic 
majors. 
(F) The database shall include a rec-
ommendation that students and families should 
carefully review all of the application require-
ments prior to applying for aid, and a dis-
claimer that the scholarships presented in the 
database are not provided or endorsed by the 
Department of Education or the Federal Gov-
ernment. 
(b) DISSEMINATION
OF INFORMATION
ON DATA-
BASE.—The Secretary shall take such actions as may be 
necessary on an ongoing basis, including sending notices 
to secondary schools and institutions of higher education, 
to disseminate information on the database established 
and maintained under this Act and to encourage its use 
by interested parties. 
(c) USE OF VENDOR TO OBTAIN INFORMATION.—In 
carrying out this Act, the Secretary of Education shall 
enter into a contract with a private entity under which 
the entity shall furnish and regularly update all of the in-
formation required to be maintained on the database es-
tablished under this section. 
(d) ENCOURAGING
THE PROVISION
OF INFORMA-
TION.—In carrying out this Act, the Secretary of Edu-
cation and the contracted entity shall consult with public 
and private sources of scholarships and make easily avail-
able a process for such entities to provide regular and up-
dated information. 
SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out 
this Act such sums as may be necessary for fiscal years 
2008 through 2012. 
Passed the House of Representatives June 6, 2007. 
Attest: 
Clerk.