US HR319 | 2011-2012 | 112th Congress

Status

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6)
Status: Introduced on June 21 2011 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2011-06-21 - Referred to House Science, Space, and Technology
Pending: House Science, Space, And Technology Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Summary

Recognizes the importance of art and design in the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields. Encourages the inclusion of art and design in the STEM fields during the reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. Encourages institutions of higher education to incorporate the role of art and design into their STEM curricula. Encourages the Secretaries of Commerce and Education, the Chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), and the Director of the National Science Foundation (NSF) to develop a STEM to STEAM Council in order to facilitate a comprehensive approach to incorporate art and design into federal STEM programs.

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Title

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that adding art and design into Federal programs that target the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) fields encourages innovation and economic growth in the United States.

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History

DateChamberAction
2011-06-21HouseReferred to House Science, Space, and Technology
2011-06-21HouseReferred to House Education and the Workforce
2011-06-21HouseReferred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, 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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