STEM RESTART Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 4452 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 4452 To amend the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act to create a new national program to support mid-career workers in reentering the STEM workforce, by providing funding to small- and medium-sized STEM businesses so the businesses can offer paid internships or other returnships that lead to positions above entry level. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 16, 2025 Ms. Houlahan (for herself and Mr. Baird) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act to create a new national program to support mid-career workers in reentering the STEM workforce, by providing funding to small- and medium-sized STEM businesses so the businesses can offer paid internships or other returnships that lead to positions above entry level. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``STEM Restoring Employment Skills through Targeted Assistance, Re-entry, and Training Act'' or the ``STEM RESTART Act''. SEC. 2. RETURNING SKILLED WORKERS TO THE STEM WORKFORCE. (a) In General.--Subtitle D of title I of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act is amended-- (1) by redesignating section 172 (29 U.S.C. 3227) as section 173; and (2) by inserting after section 171 the following: ``SEC. 172. GRANTS TO SUPPORT SKILLED WORKERS IN RETURNING OR TRANSITIONING TO THE STEM WORKFORCE. ``(a) Purposes.--The purposes of this section are to-- ``(1) prioritize expanding opportunities, through high- quality internships or other returnships in STEM fields for unemployed or underemploy