100 Years of Women in Congress Act

Bill: 114-hr-4570
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Meng, Grace [D-NY-6]
Introduced: 2016-02-12
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural education

Agricultural research

Education programs funding

Higher education

Minority education

Minority employment

Research administration and funding

Rural conditions and development

Science and engineering education

Women's education

Women's employment
Latest action: action_date: 2016-04-19
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

Summaries:
action_date: 2016-02-12
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>100 Years of Women in Congress Act</b></p> <p>This bill amends the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 to designate as Jeannette Rankin Women and Minorities in STEM Fields Program Grants the current research and extension grants to increase participation by women and underrepresented minorities from rural areas in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). </p>

action_date: 2016-04-18
action_desc: Passed House without amendment
text: <p>(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)</p> <p><b>100 Years of Women in Congress Act</b></p> <p>(Sec. 3) This bill amends the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 to designate as Jeannette Rankin Women and Minorities in STEM Fields Program Grants the current research and extension grants to increase participation by women and underrepresented minorities from rural areas in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM), with priority given to eligible institutions that carry out continuing programs funded by the Department of Agriculture. </p>

tv_txt: I 114th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 4570 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 12, 2016 Ms. Meng (for herself and Mr. Zinke ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture A BILL To amend the Department of Agriculture program for research and extension grants to increase participation by women and underrepresented minorities in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics to redesignate the program as the Jeannette Rankin Women and Minorities in STEM Fields Program .

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the 100 Years of Women in Congress Act . 2. Findings Congress finds the following: (1) The first woman elected to Congress, Representative Jeannette Rankin from Montana, was elected on November 7, 1916, almost four years prior to ratification of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution giving women the right to vote. (2) Jeannette Rankin was not only a pioneer in national electoral politics, she was also a pioneer as a woman in science, graduating from the University of Montana in 1902 with a Bachelor of Science degree in biology. (3) 100 years after the election of Jeannette Rankin, 108 women serve in the 114th Congress, more than at any other time in our Nation’s history. While this improvement is commendable, women hold only 20 percent of the seats in Congress, far below their relative share of the American electorate. (4) According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, women make up 47 percent of the total U.S. workforce. Gains have been made in the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields over time, but women still comprise only 39 percent of chemists and material scientists, 28 percent of environmental scientists and geoscientists, 16 percent of chemical engineers, and 12 percent of civil engineers. (5) More must be done to encourage women to run for elected office and to enter STEM fields. 3. Jeannette Rankin Women and Minorities in STEM Fields Program Paragraph (7) of section 1672(d) of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 ( 7 U.S.C. 5925(d)(7) ) is amended to read as follows: (7) Jeannette Rankin Women and Minorities in STEM Fields Program Research and extension grants may be made under this section to increase participation by women and underrepresented minorities from rural areas in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, with priority given to eligible institutions that carry out continuing programs funded by the Secretary. Any grant made under this paragraph shall be known and designated as a Jeannette Rankin Women and Minorities in STEM Fields Program Grant . .

tv_txt: I 114th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 4570 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AN ACT To amend the Department of Agriculture program for research and extension grants to increase participation by women and underrepresented minorities in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics to redesignate the program as the Jeannette Rankin Women and Minorities in STEM Fields Program .

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the 100 Years of Women in Congress Act . 2. Findings Congress finds the following: (1) The first woman elected to Congress, Representative Jeannette Rankin from Montana, was elected on November 7, 1916, almost four years prior to ratification of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution giving women the right to vote. (2) Jeannette Rankin was not only a pioneer in national electoral politics, she was also a pioneer as a woman in science, graduating from the University of Montana in 1902 with a Bachelor of Science degree in biology. (3) 100 years after the election of Jeannette Rankin, 108 women serve in the 114th Congress, more than at any other time in our Nation’s history. While this improvement is commendable, women hold only 20 percent of the seats in Congress, far below their relative share of the American electorate. (4) According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, women make up 47 percent of the total U.S. workforce. Gains have been made in the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields over time, but women still comprise only 39 percent of chemists and material scientists, 28 percent of environmental scientists and geoscientists, 16 percent of chemical engineers, and 12 percent of civil engineers. (5) More must be done to encourage women to run for elected office and to enter STEM fields. 3. Jeannette Rankin Women and Minorities in STEM Fields Program Paragraph (7) of section 1672(d) of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 ( 7 U.S.C. 5925(d)(7) ) is amended to read as follows: (7) Jeannette Rankin Women and Minorities in STEM Fields Program Research and extension grants may be made under this section to increase participation by women and underrepresented minorities from rural areas in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, with priority given to eligible institutions that carry out continuing programs funded by the Secretary. Any grant made under this paragraph shall be known and designated as a Jeannette Rankin Women and Minorities in STEM Fields Program Grant . .

Passed the House of Representatives April 18, 2016. Karen L. Haas, Clerk.

tv_txt: IIB 114th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 4570 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES April 19, 2016 Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry AN ACT To amend the Department of Agriculture program for research and extension grants to increase participation by women and underrepresented minorities in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics to redesignate the program as the Jeannette Rankin Women and Minorities in STEM Fields Program .

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the 100 Years of Women in Congress Act . 2. Findings Congress finds the following: (1) The first woman elected to Congress, Representative Jeannette Rankin from Montana, was elected on November 7, 1916, almost four years prior to ratification of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution giving women the right to vote. (2) Jeannette Rankin was not only a pioneer in national electoral politics, she was also a pioneer as a woman in science, graduating from the University of Montana in 1902 with a Bachelor of Science degree in biology. (3) 100 years after the election of Jeannette Rankin, 108 women serve in the 114th Congress, more than at any other time in our Nation’s history. While this improvement is commendable, women hold only 20 percent of the seats in Congress, far below their relative share of the American electorate. (4) According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, women make up 47 percent of the total U.S. workforce. Gains have been made in the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields over time, but women still comprise only 39 percent of chemists and material scientists, 28 percent of environmental scientists and geoscientists, 16 percent of chemical engineers, and 12 percent of civil engineers. (5) More must be done to encourage women to run for elected office and to enter STEM fields. 3. Jeannette Rankin Women and Minorities in STEM Fields Program Paragraph (7) of section 1672(d) of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 ( 7 U.S.C. 5925(d)(7) ) is amended to read as follows: (7) Jeannette Rankin Women and Minorities in STEM Fields Program Research and extension grants may be made under this section to increase participation by women and underrepresented minorities from rural areas in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, with priority given to eligible institutions that carry out continuing programs funded by the Secretary. Any grant made under this paragraph shall be known and designated as a Jeannette Rankin Women and Minorities in STEM Fields Program Grant . .

Passed the House of Representatives April 18, 2016. Karen L. Haas, Clerk