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USA115th CongressHR-4150| House 
| Updated: 5/22/2018
Matt Cartwright

Matt Cartwright

Democratic Representative

Pennsylvania

Cosponsors (2)
Tim Ryan (Democratic)Rodney Davis (Republican)
Committees (6)
• Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade Subcommittee• Science, Space, and Technology Committee• Energy and Commerce Committee• Education and Workforce Committee• Oversight and Government Reform Committee• Research and Technology Subcommittee
  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
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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Oct 26, 2017
Introduced in House
Oct 26, 2017
Referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, Energy and Commerce, and Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Oct 27, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection.
May 22, 2018
Referred to the Subcommittee on Research and Technology.
  • October 26, 2017
    Introduced in House


  • October 26, 2017
    Referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, Energy and Commerce, and Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.


  • October 27, 2017
    Referred to the Subcommittee on Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection.


  • May 22, 2018
    Referred to the Subcommittee on Research and Technology.

Education

Administrative law and regulatory proceduresAdvisory bodiesCompetitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficitsComputers and information technologyCongressional oversightEducation programs fundingElementary and secondary educationExecutive agency funding and structureFree trade and trade barriersGovernment information and archivesGovernment studies and investigationsHigher educationInternet and video servicesInternet, web applications, social mediaManufacturingPerformance measurementPublic contracts and procurementResearch administration and fundingResearch and developmentScience and engineering educationSmall businessStudent aid and college costsTechnology transfer and commercialization

To support innovation, and for other purposes.

USA115th CongressHR-4150| House 
| Updated: 5/22/2018
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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Timeline
Oct 26, 2017
Introduced in House
Oct 26, 2017
Referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, Energy and Commerce, and Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Oct 27, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection.
May 22, 2018
Referred to the Subcommittee on Research and Technology.
  • October 26, 2017
    Introduced in House


  • October 26, 2017
    Referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, Energy and Commerce, and Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.


  • October 27, 2017
    Referred to the Subcommittee on Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection.


  • May 22, 2018
    Referred to the Subcommittee on Research and Technology.
Matt Cartwright

Matt Cartwright

Democratic Representative

Pennsylvania

Cosponsors (2)
Tim Ryan (Democratic)Rodney Davis (Republican)
Committees (6)
• Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade Subcommittee• Science, Space, and Technology Committee• Energy and Commerce Committee• Education and Workforce Committee• Oversight and Government Reform Committee• Research and Technology Subcommittee

Education

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Administrative law and regulatory proceduresAdvisory bodiesCompetitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficitsComputers and information technologyCongressional oversightEducation programs fundingElementary and secondary educationExecutive agency funding and structureFree trade and trade barriersGovernment information and archivesGovernment studies and investigationsHigher educationInternet and video servicesInternet, web applications, social mediaManufacturingPerformance measurementPublic contracts and procurementResearch administration and fundingResearch and developmentScience and engineering educationSmall businessStudent aid and college costsTechnology transfer and commercialization