House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
21st Century STEM for Girls and Underrepresented Minorities Act
Official title: To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to provide grants to local educational agencies to encourage girls and underrepresented minorities to pursue studies and careers in STEM fields.
Sponsor: Rep. Joyce Beatty D-OHWhere it went
- IntroducedDec 3, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 3, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6375.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. BEATTY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 202, December 3, 2025, Page H5026):Article 1, Section 8 of the US ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record December 3, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
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- Statement length
- 43 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6375, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/6375
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 1, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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
16 cosponsors — 16 Democrats
0 of 16 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Wesley Bell (D-MO), Shontel Brown (D-OH), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Sharice Davids (D-KS), Suzan DelBene (D-WA), Bill Foster (D-IL), Adelita Grijalva (D-AZ), Henry Johnson (D-GA), Summer Lee (D-PA), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Stephen Lynch (D-MA), LaMonica McIver (D-NJ), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Nellie Pou (D-NJ), Melanie Stansbury (D-NM), Eric Swalwell (D-CA).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Joyce Beatty.
- H.R. 1450 (119th) OFAC Licensure for Investigators Act
- H.R. 3709 (119th) Advancing the Mentor-Protégé Program for Small Financial Institutions Act
- H.Res. 1107 (119th) Memorializing Rev. Jesse Jackson by flying the flag of the United States at halfstaff.
- H.R. 916 (119th) Rosa Parks Commemorative Coin Act
- H.R. 844 (119th) Black History is American History Act
- H.R. 1976 (119th) Woman on the Twenty Act of 2025
Related bills
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 25, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.