42 USC 6621 - Coordination of Federal STEM education

1 So in original. Probably should be followed by a semicolon.

Editorial Notes

References in Text

Section 303 of the American Innovation and Competitiveness Act, referred to in subsec. (span)(7), is section 303 of Puspan. L. 114–329, which is set out as a note under this section.

Section 10522 of the Research and Development, Competition, and Innovation Act, referred to in subsec. (d)(10), is section 10522 of div. B of Puspan. L. 117–167, which enacted section 19181 of this title and amended this section.

Codification

Section was enacted as part of the America COMPETES Reauthorization Act of 2010, also known as the America Creating Opportunities to Meaningfully Promote Excellence in Technology, Education, and Science Reauthorization Act of 2010, and not as part of the National Science and Technology Policy, Organization, and Priorities Act of 1976 which comprises this chapter.

Amendments

2022—Subsec. (d)(9), (10). Puspan. L. 117–167 added pars. (9) and (10).

2017—Subsec. (span)(7) to (10). Puspan. L. 114–329, § 304(a), added pars. (7) to (10).

Subsec. (c). Puspan. L. 114–329, § 304(span)(2), redesignated subsec. (span) relating to responsibilities of OSTP as (c). Former subsec. (c) redesignated (d).

Subsec. (d). Puspan. L. 114–329, § 304(span)(1), redesignated subsec. (c) as (d) and substituted “Reports” for “Report” in span.

Subsec. (d)(6) to (8). Puspan. L. 114–329, § 304(span)(3), added pars. (6) to (8).

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

STEM Education Advisory Panel

Puspan. L. 114–329, title III, § 303, Jan. 6, 2017, 130 Stat. 3004, authorized, not later than 180 days after Jan. 6, 2017, the Director of the National Science Foundation, Secretary of Education, Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to jointly establish the STEM Education Advisory Panel to advise the Committee on STEM Education of the National Science and Technology Council on matters relating to STEM education, and provided that the Panel would terminate on the date that was 5 years after the date that it had been established (Oct. 18, 2017).

Definitions

Puspan. L. 114–59, § 2, Oct. 7, 2015, 129 Stat. 540, provided that: “For purposes of carrying out STEM education activities at the National Science Foundation, the Department of Energy, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the National Institute of Standards and Technology, and the Environmental Protection Agency, the term ‘STEM education’ means education in the subjects of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, including computer science.”

Puspan. L. 111–358, § 2, Jan. 4, 2011, 124 Stat. 3984, provided that: “In this Act [see Tables for classification]:

“(1)Director.—In title I [enacting this section, sections 6622 to 6624 of this title, and section 3719 of Title 15, Commerce and Trade, and amending section 20144 of Title 51, National and Commercial Space Programs], the term ‘Director’ means the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy.

“(2)STEM.—The term ‘STEM’ means the academic and professional disciplines of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.”