Title: Women in Aerospace Education Act
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications

Summary:
Women in Aerospace Education Act
This bill amends the National Science Foundation Authorization Act of 2002 to require the National Science Foundation (NSF) to encourage eligible entities that administer a fellowship program using grant funds awarded on or after October 1, 2018, under the Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program to include in such fellowship program opportunities for the placement of fellows in research or education internship opportunities at national laboratories and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) centers. The NSF may give priority to proposals for placements that provide female fellows with research experience in aerospace engineering and related fields in which women are underrepresented.
By October 1, 2018, NASA must institute a process to prioritize the promotion and recruitment of qualified candidates who are women or individuals who are historically underrepresented in the fields of science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and computer science for internships and fellowships that are relevant to the aerospace sector and related fields.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4254 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4254

 To amend the National Science Foundation Authorization Act of 2002 to 
strengthen the aerospace workforce pipeline by the promotion of Robert 
 Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program and National Aeronautics and Space 
 Administration internship and fellowship opportunities to women, and 
                          for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            November 6, 2017

Mr. Knight (for himself, Ms. Esty of Connecticut, Ms. Kaptur, and Mrs. 
  Comstock) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
              Committee on Science, Space, and Technology

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the National Science Foundation Authorization Act of 2002 to 
strengthen the aerospace workforce pipeline by the promotion of Robert 
 Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program and National Aeronautics and Space 
 Administration internship and fellowship opportunities to women, and 
                          for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Women in Aerospace Education Act''.

SEC. 2. ROBERT NOYCE TEACHER SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM FELLOWSHIP 
              OPPORTUNITIES.

    (a) In General.--Section 10 of the National Science Foundation 
Authorization Act of 2002 (42 U.S.C. 1862n-1) is amended by adding at 
the end the following:
    ``(m) Fellowship Placements in National Laboratories and NASA 
Centers.--The Director of the National Science Foundation shall 
encourage eligible entities administering a fellowship program using 
funds awarded under this section to include in such program 
opportunities for the placement of fellows in research or education 
internship opportunities at national laboratories and NASA centers. The 
Director may give priority to proposals for such placements that 
provide female fellows with research experience in aerospace 
engineering and related fields in which women are underrepresented.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
apply with respect to grants awarded on or after October 1, 2018.

SEC. 3. NASA INTERNSHIP AND FELLOWSHIP OPPORTUNITIES.

    Not later than October 1, 2018, the Administrator of the National 
Aeronautics and Space Administration (in this section referred to as 
``NASA'') shall institute a process to prioritize the promotion and 
recruitment of qualified candidates who are women or individuals who 
are historically underrepresented in the fields of science, technology, 
engineering, and mathematics (STEM) and computer science for 
internships and fellowships at NASA with relevance to the aerospace 
sector and related fields.
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