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Technology Talent Act of 2001
1/16/2023, 8:33 AM
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
1Democrat Sponsors
1Republican Sponsors
0Unaffiliated Sponsors
0Total Number of Cosponsors
16Democrat Cosponsors
10Republican Cosponsors
6Unaffiliated Cosponsors
0Policy Area and Potential Impact of Bill S 1549
Primary Policy Focus
EducationPotential 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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Sponsors and Cosponsors of S 1549
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