S. 3047: Enhancing Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Education Act of 2008
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S. 3047: Enhancing Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Education Act of 2008
110th Congress · introduced 2008-05-21 · Education · Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2008-05-21 · official record
- Who proposed it: Sen. Obama, Barack [D-IL] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
Enhancing Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Education Act of 2008
Plain summary
Enhancing Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Education Act of 2008 - Requires the President to establish, in the Office of Science and Technology Policy, a Committee on Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Education (STEM education) within the National Science and Technology Council. Establishes an Office of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Education in the Department of Education, to be administered by an Assistant Secretary. Requires the Assistant Secretary to conduct an annual evaluation of the STEM education programs administered by the department. Requires the Secretary of Education to award a grant to establish a voluntary State Consortium on STEM Education and a grant to the National Science Digital Library to establish a National STEM Education Research Repository.
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Official text
Enhancing Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Education Act of 2008
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
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Officials and money
Sponsor: Sen. Obama, Barack [D-IL] · 6 cosponsors
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Cosponsors on this site
Bernard Sanders (I-VT), Richard J. Durbin (D-IL), Patty Murray (D-WA)
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-110s3047.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/110/s>
Record fed-us-cong110-s3047 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong110 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong110