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Technology Talent Act of 2001

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Congressional Summary of S 1549

Technology Talent Act of 2001 - Authorizes the Director of the National Science Foundation to award competitive grants to institutions of higher education to increase the number of students studying and receiving associate's or bachelor's degrees in established or emerging fields within science, mathematics, engineering, and technology. Provides that an institution receiving such a grant shall be known as a National Science Foundation Science and Engineering Talent Expansion Center.

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Current Status of Bill S 1549

Bill S 1549 is currently in the status of Bill Introduced since October 15, 2001. Bill S 1549 was introduced during Congress 107 and was introduced to the Senate on October 15, 2001.  Bill S 1549's most recent activity was Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. as of October 15, 2001

Bipartisan Support of Bill S 1549

Total Number of Sponsors
1
Democrat Sponsors
1
Republican Sponsors
0
Unaffiliated Sponsors
0
Total Number of Cosponsors
16
Democrat Cosponsors
10
Republican Cosponsors
6
Unaffiliated Cosponsors
0

Policy Area and Potential Impact of Bill S 1549

Primary Policy Focus

Education

Potential Impact Areas

- Community colleges
- Congress
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Cost effectiveness
- Economics and Public Finance
- Education of the disadvantaged
- Educational accountability
- Educational innovations
- Engineering
- Engineers
- Federal advisory bodies
- Federal aid to higher education
- Finance and Financial Sector
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government publicity
- Graduate students
- High technology
- Higher education
- Infrastructure
- Interactive media
- Internet
- Labor and Employment
- Laboratories
- Learning
- Mathematics
- Mentoring
- Minorities
- Minority education
- Part-time employment
- Research
- Scholarships
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Scientific education
- Social Welfare
- Summer employment
- Teacher salaries
- Teaching
- Technical education
- Technological innovations
- Women
- Women engineers
- Women scientists
- Women's education
- World Wide Web

Alternate Title(s) of Bill S 1549

Technology Talent Act of 2001
A bill to provide for increasing the technically trained workforce in the United States.
Technology Talent Act of 2001

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