Building Indigenous STEM Professionals Act

Bill: 116-s-2037
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK]
Introduced: 2019-06-27
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Alaska Natives and Hawaiians

Education programs funding

Higher education

Indian social and development programs

Minority education

Science and engineering education
Latest action: action_date: 2019-06-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-06-27
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b>Building Indigenous STEM Professionals Act</b></p> <p>This bill expands the grant program for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) programs that benefit Native American students. Under current law, this program only applies to programs that benefit Alaska Natives and Native Hawaiians. The bill expands grant eligibility to include programs that benefit American Indians.</p> <p>Additionally, the bill authorizes grants under the program for the creation of new programs for the development of Native American STEM professionals.</p> <p>The bill also revises how programs are prioritized for awarding grants. The bill gives priority to programs in which 70% or more of the participants are Native Americans.</p>

tv_txt: II 116th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 2037 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES June 27, 2019 Ms. Murkowski (for herself and Mr. Schatz ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions A BILL To amend the STEM education program for American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian students under the Higher Education Act of 1965.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Building Indigenous STEM Professionals Act . 2. Improving science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education with a focus on American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian students Section 819 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1161j ) is amended— (1) in the section heading, by striking Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian and inserting American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian ; (2) in subsection (a)(2), by striking Alaska Natives and Native Hawaiians and inserting American Indians, Alaska Natives, and Native Hawaiians to enable them to succeed in these fields ; (3) in subsection (b)— (A) by redesignating paragraphs (1), (2), (3), and (4), as paragraphs (2), (4), (5), and (6), respectively; (B) by inserting before paragraph (2), as redesignated by subparagraph (A), the following: (1) Native American The term Native American includes Alaska Natives, American Indians, and Native Hawaiians. ; (C) by inserting after paragraph (2), as redesignated by subparagraph (A), the following: (3) American Indian The term American Indian has the meaning given the term Indian in section 202 of the Indian Land Consolidation Act ( 25 U.S.C. 2201 ). ; (4) in subsection (c)— (A) by inserting create or after to enable the eligible partnership to ; (B) by inserting Native American after the development of ; and (C) by striking , including existing programs for Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian students ; (5) in subsection (d)— (A) in paragraph (1), by striking Alaska Native or Native Hawaiian students and inserting programs that serve Native American students ; (B) in paragraph (2), by striking Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian students and inserting programs that serve Native American students ; and (C) in paragraph (3), by striking Alaska Native or Native Hawaiian students and inserting Native American students ; (6) in subsection (f), by striking 30 percent or more of the program participants are Alaska Native or Native Hawaiian and inserting 70 percent or more of the program participants are Native American ; and (7) in subsection (i), by striking 2009 and inserting 2020 .