H.R. 4150: Innovate America Act

115th Congress · introduced 2017-10-26 · Education · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Research and Technology.

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Where it came from: introduced 2017-10-26 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Cartwright, Matt [D-PA-17] · what a sponsor is
What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
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Official title

Innovate America Act

Plain summary

Innovate America Act This bill requires the Department of Education (ED), in coordination with the National Science Foundation (NSF), to award grants to state educational agencies to establish or expand the number of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, including computer science, (STEM) secondary schools from approximately 100 to approximately 200. Among other things, the bill requires ED, in coordination with the NSF, to study how to improve retention rates of students in STEM programs at institutions of higher education; funding for research opportunities for postsecondary students; The NSF Partnerships for Innovation Program to administer a Technology Commercialization Awards Pilot Program through which promising technology advances derived from NSF research grants shall be eligible for funding; the Department of Commerce to establish a manufacturing assistance program for small and medium-sized domestic manufacturers to promote the manufacturing of goods in the United States and enable them to be competitive in global markets; and Commerce to report to Congress on the global competitiveness of 20 U.S. industries that export the most goods or services and the domestic and foreign regulatory and policy barriers to increasing their exports. The National Science Foundation Authorization Act of 2002 is amended to expand the Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program to include informatics and computer science.

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Innovate America Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Sponsor: Rep. Cartwright, Matt [D-PA-17] · 2 cosponsors

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Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-115hr4150.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/115/hr>

Record fed-us-cong115-hr4150 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong115 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong115