PACE-Education Act

Bill: 109-s-2198
Sponsor: Sen. Domenici, Pete V. [R-NM]
Introduced: 2006-01-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Academic performance
Aeronautics
Alien labor
Armed Forces and National Security
Astronautics
Authorization
Awards, medals, prizes
Broadband
Commemorations
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Curricula
Defense budgets
Department of Commerce
Earth sciences
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Educational accountability
Educational planning
Educational technology
Elementary and secondary education
Engineering
Engineers
Executive reorganization
Export controls
Federal advisory bodies
Federal aid to education
Federal aid to research
Federal officials
Federally-guaranteed loans
Finance and Financial Sector
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Foreign students
Government Operations and Politics
Government lending
Graduate education
Higher education
Housing and Community Development
Immigrants
Immigration
Infrastructure
Intellectual property
International Affairs
Internet
Inventions
Inventors
Labor and Employment
Mathematics
Military research
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
National Science Foundation
Office of Science and Technology Policy
Patent infringement
Patents
Planets
Research and development
Research centers
Research grants
Revolving funds
Scholarships
Scientific education
Scientific exchanges
Scientific instruments and apparatus
Scientists
Space activities
Space exploration
Sun
Teacher education
Teacher supply and demand
Teaching materials
Technological innovations
Technology transfer
Transportation and Public Works
Urban affairs
Urban areas
Visas

Summary:
action_date: 2006-01-26
text: 
Protecting America's Competitive Edge Through Education and Research Act of 2006 - PACE-Education Act - Establishes programs to provide additional mathematics and science teachers in K-12 elementary and secondary education (teachers), including: (1) Department of Education (ED) grants to institutions of higher education (IHE's) for baccalaureate degree programs in mathematics, science, and engineering, with teacher certification, and for master's degree programs in mathematics and science education for teachers; (2) National Science Foundation (NSF) scholarships for recruiting and training new teachers, and fellowships for teachers; (3) ED grants to nonprofit entities to train additional teachers for Advanced Placement (AP), pre-AP, International Baccalaureate (IB), and pre-IB programs; (4) a National Clearinghouse on Mathematics and Science Teaching Materials; (5) Future American-Scientist Scholarships (ED); (6) Department of Energy graduate research fellowships in scientific areas of national need; and (7) NSF early-career research grants for scientists and engineers.
 
Directs the Office of Science and Technology Policy Matters to: (1) coordinate science, mathematics, and engineering education programs; (2) establish a National Coordination Office for Advanced Research Instrumentation and Facilities; (3) establish guidelines for federal agencies to allocate funds for high-risk, high-payoff research; and (4) award a President's Innovation Award.
 
Directs the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to award early-career research grants.
 
Amends the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 to direct the Department of Commerce to award grants for feasibility studies and plans for science parks, and for revolving loan funds to develop science park infrastructure.
 

 
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to: (1) create a new visa category for doctorate students in mathematics, engineering, technology, or the physical sciences; and (2) exempt from numerical limitations on employment-based immigrants certain aliens who have received such advanced degrees and are working in a related field.
 
Directs the Department of Defense (DOD) to award early-career research grants.
 
Expresses the sense of Senate on: (1) policies to accelerate deployment of access to broadband Internet; (2) the visa process for foreign students at U.S. IHE's and foreign researchers engaging in scientific research in the United States; (3) patent reform; and (4) exemption of certain uses of technology from treatment as exports.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-03-01
text: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee on Education and Early Childhood Development. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 109-393.
action_date: 2006-02-28
text: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee on Education and Early Childhood Development. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 109-344.
action_date: 2006-01-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S214-224)
action_date: 2006-01-26
text: Introduced in Senate