US Congress House Bill 627 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: Introduced on January 16 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-02-12 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Research and Technology.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Research and Technology Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Directs the National Science Foundation (NSF) to report on the effectiveness of all NSF research and education programs intended to broaden the participation of women and other historically underrepresented individuals in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics disciplines and careers. Each federal agency that expended at least $100 million on research and development in FY2017 shall annually submit to the NSF standardized record-level information on demographics, primary field, award type, review rating, budget request, funding outcome, and awarded budget for all applications for merit-reviewed research and development grants to institutions of higher education and federal laboratories. The first submission must include comparable record-level data for the five previous years. The NSF shall publish statistical summaries of the data in conjunction with the required biennial reports on the participation of men and women in scientific and engineering positions.

STEM Research and Education Effectiveness and Transparency Act

Rep. Robert Wittman [R-VA]

Rep. Scott Tipton [R-CO]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-02-12	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Research and Technology.
2019-01-16	House	Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
2019-01-16	House	Introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/627/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr627/BILLS-116hr627ih.pdf