Women and Underrepresented Minorities in STEM Booster Act of 2025

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 3124 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3124 To increase the participation of historically underrepresented demographic groups in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education and industry. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 30, 2025 Ms. Strickland (for herself, Ms. Brown, Mr. Case, Ms. Norton, Mr. Jackson of Illinois, Mrs. Beatty, Mr. Cohen, Mrs. McIver, Mr. Huffman, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Mr. Whitesides, and Ms. Stansbury) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To increase the participation of historically underrepresented demographic groups in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education and industry. 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 ``Women and Underrepresented Minorities in STEM Booster Act of 2025''. SEC. 2. GRANT PROGRAM TO INCREASE THE PARTICIPATION OF WOMEN AND UNDERREPRESENTED MINORITIES IN STEM FIELDS. (a) Findings.--Congress finds the following: (1) According to the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM), science, technology, engineering, and math (referred to in this Act as ``STEM'') education is critical to ensuring the United States maintains a diverse and competitive workforce. (2) According to NASEM and the National Institutes of Health (NIH), diverse teams of STEM professionals innovate at higher rates than teams composed of individuals with similar identities or backgrounds. (3) According to the National Science Foundation (NSF), in 2020, women earned only 43 percent of bachelor's degrees in physical and earth sciences, 26 percent in