Indigenous STEM Professional Development Act

I 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 4222 To amend the STEM education program for American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian students under the Higher Education Act of 1965. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AUGUST 30, 2019 Mr. SABLAN (for himself and Mr. CASE) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor A BILL To amend the STEM education program for American In- dian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian students under the Higher Education Act of 1965. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Indigenous STEM 4 Professional Development Act’’. 5 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:26 Aug 30, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4222.IH H4222 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 2 •HR 4222 IH SEC. 2. IMPROVING SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, 1 AND MATHEMATICS EDUCATION WITH A 2 FOCUS ON AMERICAN INDIAN, ALASKA NA- 3 TIVE, AND NATIVE HAWAIIAN STUDENTS. 4 Section 819 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 5 U.S.C. 1161j) is amended— 6 (1) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘ALAS- 7 KA NATIVE AND NATIVE HAWAIIAN’’ and insert- 8 ing ‘‘NATIVE AMERICAN’’; 9 (2) in subsection (a)(2), by striking ‘‘Alaska 10 Natives and Native Hawaiians’’ and inserting 11 ‘‘American Indians, Alaska Natives, Native Hawai- 12 ians and other Native American Pacific Islanders to 13 enable them to succeed in these fields’’; 14 (3) in subsection (b)— 15 (A) by redesignating paragraphs (1), (2), 16 (3), and (4), as paragraphs (2), (4), (5), and 17 (6), respectively; 18 (B) by inserting before paragraph (2), as 19 redesignated by subparagraph (A), the fol- 20 lowing: 21 ‘‘(1) NATIVE AMERICAN.—The term ‘Native 22 American’ includes Alaska Natives, American Indi- 23 ans, Native Hawaiians and Native American Pacific 24 Islanders.’’; and 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:26 Aug 30, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4222.IH H4222 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 3 •HR 4222 IH (C) by inserting after paragraph (2), as re- 1 designated by subparagraph (A), the following: 2 ‘‘(3) AMERICAN INDIAN.—The term ‘American 3 Indian’ has the meaning given the term ‘Indian’ in 4 section 202 of the Indian Land Consolidation Act 5 (25 U.S.C. 2201).’’; 6 (4) in subsection (c)— 7 (A) by inserting ‘‘create or’’ after ‘‘to en- 8 able the eligible partnership to’’; 9 (B) by inserting ‘‘Native American’’ after 10 ‘‘the development of’’; and 11 (C) by striking ‘‘, including existing pro- 12 grams for Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian 13 students’’; 14 (5) in subsection (d)— 15 (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘Alaska 16 Native or Native Hawaiian students’’ and in- 17 serting ‘‘programs that serve Native American 18 students’’; 19 (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘Alaska 20 Native and Native Hawaiian students’’ and in- 21 serting ‘‘programs that serve Native American 22 students’’; and 23 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:26 Aug 30, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4222.IH H4222 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 4 •HR 4222 IH (C) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘Alaska 1 Native or Native Hawaiian students’’ and in- 2 serting ‘‘Native American students’’; 3 (6) in subsection (f), by striking ‘‘30 percent or 4 more of the program participants are Alaska Native 5 or Native Hawaiian’’ and inserting ‘‘30 percent or 6 more of the program participants are Native Amer- 7 ican’’; and 8 (7) in subsection (i), by striking ‘‘to carry out 9 this section such sums as may be necessary for fiscal 10 year 2009 and each of the five succeeding fiscal 11 years’’ and inserting ‘‘$5,000,000 for fiscal year 12 2020 and each of the 5 succeeding fiscal years’’. 13 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:26 Aug 30, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H4222.IH H4222 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS