Title: Coast Guard Youth STEM Programs Expansion Act
Policy area: Education

Summary:
Coast Guard Youth STEM Programs Expansion Act
This bill authorizes the U.S. Coast Guard, in coordination with the Department of Education, to establish programs for the purpose of improving the mathematics and scientific knowledge and skills of elementary and secondary school students and faculty members.
Any such program may also focus on areas of specific Coast Guard expertise.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3205 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3205

 To amend title 14, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of 
 the department in which the Coast Guard is operating, in coordination 
with the Secretary of Education, to establish programs for the purpose 
  of improving the mathematics and scientific knowledge and skills of 
 elementary and secondary school students and faculty members, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 11, 2019

Ms. Kaptur (for herself, Mr. Young, Ms. Barragan, Ms. Jackson Lee, Mr. 
 Lowenthal, Mr. Pappas, Mr. Fitzpatrick, Ms. Tlaib, and Mr. Cisneros) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on 
Education and Labor, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 
  Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall 
           within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title 14, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of 
 the department in which the Coast Guard is operating, in coordination 
with the Secretary of Education, to establish programs for the purpose 
  of improving the mathematics and scientific knowledge and skills of 
 elementary and secondary school students and faculty members, 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 ``Coast Guard Youth STEM Programs 
Expansion Act''.

SEC. 2. SUPPORT OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION IN SCIENCE, 
              MATHEMATICS, AND TECHNOLOGY.

    (a) In General.--Chapter 7 of title 14, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following:
``Sec. 719. Support of elementary and secondary education in science, 
              mathematics, and technology
    ``(a) In General.--The Secretary of the department in which the 
Coast Guard is operating, in coordination with the Secretary of 
Education, may establish programs for the purpose of improving the 
mathematics and scientific knowledge and skills of elementary and 
secondary school students and faculty members.
    ``(b) Cooperation With Department of Defense.--The Secretary of the 
department in which the Coast Guard is operating may cooperate and 
coordinate with the Secretary of Defense for the purpose of improving 
the mathematics and scientific knowledge and skills of elementary 
school students and faculty members, including participating in the 
Department of Defense STARBASE Program under section 2193b of title 10, 
United States Code.
    ``(c) Areas of Focus.--In addition to general mathematics and 
scientific knowledge, any program or activity carried out under 
subsection (a) or (b) may also focus on areas of specific Coast Guard 
expertise, including limnology, marine science, and oceanography.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The analysis at the beginning of such 
chapter is amended by adding at the end the following new item:

``719. Support of elementary and secondary education in science, 
                            mathematics, and technology.''.
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