H.R. 4372: MSI STEM Achievement Act
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H.R. 4372: MSI STEM Achievement Act
116th Congress · introduced 2019-09-18 · Education · Latest: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2019-09-18 · official record
- Who proposed it: Rep. Johnson, Eddie Bernice [D-TX-30] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Received in the Senate and 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
MSI STEM Achievement Act
Plain summary
MSI STEM Achievement Act This bill supports efforts to increase science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education at minority-serving institutions of higher education (IHEs), including by requiring the National Science Foundation to award grants for building the capacity of such IHEs to increase the number and success of their students in the STEM workforce.
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Officials and money
Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Eddie Bernice [D-TX-30] · 12 cosponsors
Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 4372, MSI STEM Achievement Act (2019-11-01)
Cosponsors on this site
Paul Tonko (D-NY), Brian K. Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Bill Foster (D-IL), Donald S. Beyer, Jr. (D-VA), Frank D. Lucas (R-OK), Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL)
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-116hr4372.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/116/hr>
Record fed-us-cong116-hr4372 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong116 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong116