House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
21st Century STEM for Underrepresented Students Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMar 6, 2014
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 11, 2014 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Research and Technology.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4161.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H2257):The constitutional authority on which this bill rests is the power of Congress to provide for the general welfare of the United States, as enumerated in Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 12, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 218 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4161, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/4161
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 12, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
35995a67889ef7a78645effa04fe449adc7f325170c8c18bbf3478cf3ae8a807
PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of August 12, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
3 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 2 Democrats
1 of 3 cosponsors (33%) are from the other party.
Kay Granger (R-TX), Ann Kuster (D-NH), Frederica Wilson (D-FL).
More from the sponsor
Other 113th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz.
- H.R. 5185 (113th) EARLY Act Reauthorization of 2014
- H.R. 744 (113th) STOP Identity Theft Act of 2014
- H.R. 3896 (113th) Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Clarification Act of 2014
- H.Res. 254 (113th) Recognizing the importance of United States leadership in addressing the challenge of global maternal and child malnutrition.
- H.R. 2772 (113th) Rape Survivor Child Custody Act
- H.R. 2064 (113th) RUSH Act
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 23, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.