I 
113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5165 
To establish a grant program in the Department of Education to promote 
the involvement of female students in science, technology, engineering, 
and mathematics and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 22, 2014 
Mr. RIGELL (for himself, Ms. FUDGE, and Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of 
New York) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Com-
mittee on Appropriations, for a period to be subsequently determined by 
the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall with-
in the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To establish a grant program in the Department of Edu-
cation to promote the involvement of female students 
in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics 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 ‘‘Advancing Girls in 
STEM Act of 2014’’. 
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(2) STEM.—The term ‘‘STEM’’ means science, 
technology, engineering, and mathematics. 
(3) ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.—The term ‘‘elemen-
tary school’’ has the meaning given such term by 
section 9101 of the Elementary and Secondary Edu-
cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801). 
(4) SECONDARY
SCHOOL.—The term ‘‘sec-
ondary school’’ has the meaning given such term by 
section 9101 of the Elementary and Secondary Edu-
cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801). 
(5) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of the United States Department of 
Education. 
SEC. 4. GRANT PROGRAM. 
(a) GRANTS
AUTHORIZED.—The Secretary shall 
award grants to States to carry out the programs de-
scribed in subsection (b). 
(b) USE OF FUNDS.—A State that receives a grant 
under this section shall use the grant to carry out pro-
grams that promote the involvement of female students 
at the elementary school and secondary school levels in 
STEM fields. 
(c) AWARD ALLOCATION AND AMOUNT.—The Sec-
retary shall award grants to States, on a competitive basis, 
in accordance with the following criteria: 
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(1) GEOGRAPHIC ALLOCATION.—The Secretary 
shall award 1 grant to each of 2 States in each of 
the following geographic regions: 
(A) SOUTH.—Alabama, Florida, Georgia, 
Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Caro-
lina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and 
Virginia. 
(B) MIDWEST.—Arkansas, Illinois, Indi-
ana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Mis-
souri, Nebraska, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Da-
kota, and Wisconsin. 
(C) NORTHEAST.—Connecticut, Delaware, 
the District of Columbia, Maine, Maryland, 
Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, 
New 
York, 
Pennsylvania, 
Rhode 
Island, 
Vermont, and West Virginia. 
(D) WEST.—Alaska, Arizona, California, 
Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, 
New Mexico, North Dakota, Oregon, Utah, 
Washington, and Wyoming. 
(2) AMOUNT.—The amount of each grant shall 
be $2,500,000. 
(3) DEADLINE FOR DISTRIBUTION.—The Sec-
retary shall distribute grant funds in accordance 
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with this section not later than the date that is 1 
year after the date of enactment of this Act. 
(d) APPLICATION.—To be eligible for a grant under 
this Act, a State shall submit an application to the Sec-
retary at such time, in such manner, and containing such 
information as the Secretary may reasonably require. 
(e) REPORTS.— 
(1) STATES.—As a condition of receiving a 
grant under this Act, a State shall agree to submit 
a report to the Secretary, on an annual basis, identi-
fying how the grant funds were used and the num-
ber of students who participated in the programs 
carried out with the grant funds. 
(2) SECRETARY.—The Secretary shall, on an 
annual basis, and using the reports received under 
paragraph (1), report to Congress on the overall im-
pact and effectiveness of the grant program under 
this Act. 
SEC. 5. TRANSFER OF FUNDS FOR GRANT PROGRAM. 
Of amounts made available to the Office of Nuclear 
Warhead Protection in the National Nuclear Security Ad-
ministration not obligated as of the date of enactment of 
this Act, there is transferred $20,000,000 to the Depart-
ment of Education to carry out this Act. 
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