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H.R.4375 - STEM Research and Education Effectiveness and Transparency Act115th Congress (2017-2018) |

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Sponsor: Rep. Comstock, Barbara [R-VA-10] (Introduced 11/13/2017)
Committees: House - Science, Space, and Technology | Senate - Commerce, Science, and Transportation
Committee Reports: H. Rept. 115-471
Latest Action: Senate - 12/20/2017 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.  (All Actions)
Roll Call Votes: There has been 1 roll call vote

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STEM Research and Education Effectiveness and Transparency Act

(Sec. 2) This bill directs the National Science Foundation (NSF) to report on the effectiveness of all NSF research and education programs intended to broaden the participation of women and other historically underrepresented individuals in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics disciplines and careers.

(Sec. 3) Each federal agency that expended at least $100 million on research and development in FY2017 shall annually submit to the NSF standardized record-level information on demographics, primary field, award type, review rating, budget request, funding outcome, and awarded budget for all applications for merit-reviewed research and development grants to institutions of higher education and federal laboratories. The first submission must include comparable record-level data for the five previous years.

The NSF shall publish statistical summaries of the data in conjunction with the required biennial reports on the participation of men and women in scientific and engineering positions.