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H.R. 4803: Women and Minorities in STEM Booster Act of 2016

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H.R. 4803: Women and Minorities in STEM Booster Act of 2016

114th Congress · introduced 2016-03-17 · Education · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Research and Technology.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2016-03-17 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-12] · 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 Technology. 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

Women and Minorities in STEM Booster Act of 2016

Plain summary

Women and Minorities in STEM Booster Act of 2016 This bill requires the National Science Foundation to award competitive grants to enable eligible entities to carry out the activities specified below in order to increase the participation of women and underrepresented minorities in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). An eligible entity that receives a grant shall use grant funds to carry out one or more of the following activities designed to increase the participation of women or minorities underrepresented in science and engineering, or both: online workshops, mentoring programs that partner STEM professionals with students, internships for undergraduate and graduate students in STEM fields, outreach programs providing elementary and secondary school students with opportunities to increase their exposure to STEM fields, and programs to increase the recruitment and retention of underrepresented faculty.

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Official text

Women and Minorities in STEM Booster Act of 2016

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-12] · 28 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Katherine M. Clark (D-MA), Rick Larsen (D-WA), Judy Chu (D-CA), Mark Takano (D-CA), William R. Keating (D-MA), Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), Frederica S. Wilson (D-FL), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Bill Foster (D-IL), Betty McCollum (D-MN), Grace Meng (D-NY)

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong114-hr4803 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong114 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong114