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H.R. 4483: Broadening Participation in STEM Education Act

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H.R. 4483: Broadening Participation in STEM Education Act

112th Congress · introduced 2012-04-24 · Education · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Research and Science Education.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2012-04-24 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Johnson, Eddie Bernice [D-TX-30] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Research and Science Education. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

What does this mean?

Official title

Broadening Participation in STEM Education Act

Plain summary

Broadening Participation in STEM Education Act - Requires the Director of the National Science Foundation (NSF) to award competitive grants to institutions of higher education (IHEs) to implement or expand research-based reforms in undergraduate science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education to recruit and retain minority students who are underrepresented in STEM fields. Authorizes the use of such grants on reforms that include: (1) bridge, cohort, tutoring, or mentoring programs; (2) outreach to minority elementary and secondary school students; (3) faculty development and recognition programs; (4) efforts to increase the participation of underrepresented minorities in the full gamut of STEM disciplines offered by IHEs; (5) efforts to increase and support their participation in research; and (6) support for the participation of minority graduate students and postdoctoral fellows in instructional or assessment activities at primarily undergraduate IHEs. Requires each grant to include an education research component so that reform efforts can be evaluated and, if shown to be effective, replicated to improve the participation of minority students in STEM fields at other schools. Requires the Director of the NSF to award competitive grants to IHEs to develop innovative reform efforts designed to increase the recruitment, retention, and advancement of individuals from underrepresented minority groups in academic STEM careers.

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Official text

Broadening Participation in STEM Education Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Eddie Bernice [D-TX-30] · 12 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Frederica S. Wilson (D-FL), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Ben Ray Luján (D-NM), Danny K. Davis (D-IL), Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (D-VA)

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong112-hr4483 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong112 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong112